restoration是什麽意思

restoration

英 [restə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美 ['rɛstə'reʃən]

restoration (n.): late 14c., "a means of healing or restoring health; renewing of something lost," from Old French restoration (Modern French restauration) and directly from Late Latin restorationem (nominative restoratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin restaurare (see restore).

Mid-15c. as "the repairing of a building;" c. 1500 as "a restoring to a former state." With a capital R-, in reference to the reestablishment of the English monarchy under Charles II in 1660, from 1718. As a period in English theater, attested from 1898. In French history, it refers to 1814. An earlier word in this sense was restauration (late 14c.), from French.

1. The restoration took almost 4,000 man-hours over four years.: 修複工作曆時4年，耗費近4,000工時。

2. They were committed to the eventual restoration of a traditional monarchy.: 他們致力於傳統君主政體的最終恢複。

3. His visit is expected to lead to the restoration of diplomatic relations.: 人們期待他的出訪會恢複外交關係。