1The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

安德鲁视力的恢复。

1. 1.1 The process of restoring a building, work of art, etc. to its original condition.
   整修，修复，复原
   the altar paintings seem in need of restoration

   圣坛装饰画似乎需要修复。

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   • I am keen to pursue a career in any aspect of the preservation, renovation and restoration of historic buildings.
   • After the flood of 1966, the S Ruffillo Altarpiece underwent restoration.
   • During restoration, pages were photographed and a facsimile produced.
   • In Miami, restoration of the buildings was what rescued the district from the brink of dereliction.
   • In marked contrast, the current restoration of Ballyfin is an exemplary model of close attention to the demesne landscape as well as the house itself.
   • Ballingarrane remains an impressive country estate though the new owners will probably want to do some modernisation and restoration.
   • This is one of several major discoveries that demonstrate how the room's restoration was a dynamic process of art-historical research, with implications for future scholarship.
   • Finally, in 1971, the Mary Rose was definitively located and the process of recovery and restoration began in earnest, culminating in the raising of the ship 1982.
   • In partnership with Eric Lange, Bromberg also specialises in the restoration of sound films.
   • A great deal of the older ironwork in this country now needs careful restoration and painting.
   • The sight of the centuries-old structure, covered in ornate mosaics and undergoing restoration, struck the young artist with awe.
   • During this restoration, the inscription was found to date from a later period than the rest of the painting, and was removed, along with much of the blue paint underneath it.
   • In 1949 the building was vacated as unsafe (at this time it was serving as the headquarters of the Civic Guard) and it has been many years in restoration and conversion to a museum.
   • This year sees the culmination of a major programme of restoration and redecoration at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, which contains one of England's finest art collections in a domestic setting.
   • One of the lessons learned from the programme was how reluctant the potential owners and tenants were to invest in historic buildings before restoration.
   • Tax relief is provided by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of expenditure incurred on the repair, maintenance or restoration of the approved building or garden.
   • The course of the rivulet of wine, from which a Bacchante is scooping a jugful, is confused, perhaps through the deterioration of the paint or through inept restoration.
   • In this paper I discuss the ton bun tradition as a form of Buddhist revivalism, expressed essentially in the building or restoration of Buddhist monuments.
   • Even if the process of restoration did not definitively prove that this figure was part of the final design, the comparison with the drawing leaves no doubt on this point.
   • As the owner of any old house will tell you, the repair and restoration of historic buildings is never cheap as it often demands special skills and expensive materials, and can involve hidden costs.

   Synonyms

   repair, repairing, fixing, mending, refurbishment, reconditioning, rehabilitation, rebuilding, reconstruction, remodelling, redecoration, revamping, revamp, makeover, overhaul
2. 1.2 The reinstatement of a previous practice, right, or situation.
   （做法、权利、惯例或情况的）恢复，重新实施
   the restoration of capital punishment

   死刑的恢复。

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   • Moreover, Brazil represented a restoration of the comfort she had experienced only fleetingly as a child.
   • Let us place this call for the restoration of national sovereignty in its historical context.
   • When the Roosevelt administration took us off the gold standard in 1933, the bulk of the nation's economists opposed the move and advocated its speedy restoration.
   • I will continue to campaign for the restoration of the independent circumstances allowance, and work towards a living allowance for all students.
   • What if largely unpredictable environmental changes create disturbances but not restoration to a previous state of equilibrium?
   • After World War II, the Canadian Indians became more vociferous in demanding a restoration of their rights.
   • Of course, the most important thing was the restoration of democracy, freedom, and respect for human rights.
   • In 1825, under threat of another French invasion and the restoration of slavery, Haitian officials signed the document which was to prove the beginning of the end for any hope of autonomy.
   • Yet I shall not join the hardy band of current advocates of the gold standard, who call for a virtual restoration of the status quo ante 1933.
   • The goal was a reform of the fundamental basis of social life and the restoration of power to the market to establish justice and equality.
   • Their agitation for a more powerful Dublin parliament was framed not as a progressive reform, but as the restoration of aristocratic prerogatives that had been taken away.
   • For more than a decade now, the Lemhis have sought federal restoration of their status as a separate tribe.
   • The short-lived and disastrous attempt by James II to restore catholicism to England put paid to any restoration of relations with the papacy for all but the small recusant catholic community.
   • The resolution of the Oedipal conflict between Horatio and his father, who had been promised Glorvina in marriage, points toward a restoration of the inheritance.
   • Veteran book publishers demanded a restoration of their former rights and privileges.
   • Meanwhile, the pensioners expressed a note of gratitude for the new increases offered, and promptly promised to press on with their demands for the restoration of the link between pensions and earnings.
   • The choice was typically between the long path to prosecution or the rapid restoration of business functions.
   • Ecologist Daniel Botkin says the aim of restoration should be to bring a system within its natural ranges of variability.
   • Over time, the process of restoration of traditional cults turned to whole-scale obliteration of all things associated with Akhenaten.
   • In ancient Athens, the breakdown of the old society led to changes and to a long period of social turmoil caused by those who challenged the ongoing changes and called for the restoration of the old traditions.

   Synonyms

   return to a former position, return to power, bringing back, reinstitution, reinstallation, rehabilitation, re-establishment
3. 1.3Dentistry count noun A structure provided to replace or repair dental tissue so as to restore its form and function, such as a filling, crown, or bridge.
   〔牙科〕修补，修复
   Example sentencesExamples

   • There is no reliable evidence of systemic health risk to those with amalgam restorations, but it is recommended that they are not placed or removed in pregnant women
   • ‘Studies have failed to find any link between amalgam restorations and any medical disorder,’ the association says.
   • In a recent FDA Consumer Update, the agency reiterated that dental amalgams used in dental restorations are not harmful to patients.
   • If these dental restorations are visible, the teeth will appear two-tone.
   • Dental implant restorations proved an excellent way to restore function, improving aesthetics and easily maintained.
4. 1.4count noun A model or drawing representing the supposed original form of an extinct animal, ruined building, etc.
   （模拟已灭绝动物或被毁建筑等原型的）修复物（或图），重建物（或图）
   published restorations are dodgy, based on single bones

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   • Indeed, Bakker's illustration of Deinonychus, made for Ostrom's 1969 description has become one of the most recognisable and iconic of dinosaur restorations.
   • The first published restoration of I. bernissartensis appeared in this journal in 1882, but we chose for exhibition an 1884 restoration of I. mantelli, because of the unusual nature of the plate.
   • Mr. Charles R. Knight, well known from his restoration of extinct animal life and models at the Museum of Natural History. has rendered the two heads of the African elephant and rhinoceros that form the main to the north entrance.

2The return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power.

1. 2.1the Restoration The re-establishment of Charles II as King of England in 1660. After the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, his son Richard (1626–1712) proved incapable of maintaining the Protectorate, and General Monck organized the king's return from exile.
   王政复辟（1658年，奥立弗·克伦威尔死后，其子里查德[1626-1712]无力维持护国公政体，蒙克将军安排流亡在外的国王回国，1660年查理二世复辟为英格兰国王）
2. 2.2usually as modifier The period following the Restoration of Charles II.
   Restoration drama

   王政复辟时期戏剧。

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   • He criticized the Restoration state, its social and juridical base, and its orthodox religious ideology.
   • It takes a bold writer to attempt a biography of one of the most recognized and cited of Restoration Englishmen.
   • One of the beacons of the Romantic reform movement, Hugo was among the most fervent partisans of English drama during the Restoration period in France.
   • The Restoration of Charles II in 1660 took place on Parliament's terms.
   • But while the terms of the Restoration settlement made political change less likely, they also intensified the pressures for change.
   • In the British Isles, the collapse of army rule enabled a renewed consensus to be built through the Restoration of 1660.
   • In the Restoration theatre, the proscenium was merely the frame that masked the stage curtain, separating the scene from the platform, or forestage.
   • The period after the Restoration of 1660 offered many opportunities for royalists well-connected enough to seize them.
   • Like Rembrandt, his contemporaries among the Restoration portraitists favoured fanciful mythological guises.
   • The actions and ideas inspired by millenarian radicalism in the early Restoration drew reproach from many.
   • Overall, peasants do seem to have been more prosperous after the Restoration, with a rise in living standards and a fall in mortality.
   • Their motives seem to have been in part political; the Restoration army was obliged to retain the services of large numbers of Imperial soldiers.
   • Publishers and authors alike had to be concerned about the shifting currents in Restoration politics and religion.
   • The Stuart rule, and the Restoration politics that animated it, was never far from their minds.
   • He returned to England with the Restoration in 1660, then married Anne Hyde and had two daughters, Mary and Anne.
   • The crown, sword, and scepter were then buried under the floor of the parish kirk until the Restoration of Charles II.
   • Those who lecture on Restoration history and literature will discover useful tidbits guaranteed to enliven a sleepy class.
   • The Restoration era showed a tendency to keep Catholics out of public offices.
   • The laws of the Restoration period, especially the Test and Corporation Acts, kept the Catholic community on the margins.
   • The high point in Britain seems to have been the Restoration - a time of extremely generous royal patronage.
3. 2.3the Restoration The restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France in 1814, following the fall of Napoleon. Louis XVIII was recalled from exile by Talleyrand.
   法国波旁王朝王政复辟（拿破仑垮台后，流亡的路易十八被塔列朗召回，1814年波旁王朝复辟）