/,ri:ə'bɪlɪteɪt; ,riə`bɪlə,tet/
v [Tn]
1 restore (sb) to a normal life by retraining, medical treatment, etc, esp after imprisonment or illness （通过重新培训、治疗等）使（某人）恢复正常生活（尤指出狱者或病愈者）
*rehabilitate the mentally/physically disabled in the community 使社区中智力[身体]有缺陷的人恢复正常的生活.
2 (fig 比喻) restore (sb who has suffered loss of rank, reputation, etc) to his former position; reinstate 恢复（某人）原有的地位、名誉等; 使恢复原状
*rehabilitate a disgraced former leader 为蒙受耻辱的原领导人恢复名誉.

v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: , past participle of rehabilitare, from Latin habilitas 'ability']
to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been seriously ill or in prison
　a special unit for rehabilitating stroke patients
to make people think that someone or something is good again after a period when people had a bad opinion of them
　The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.
to improve a building or area so that it returns to the good condition it was in before
→renovate
　A lot of the older houses have now been rehabilitated.
>rehabilitation [,riːhəbɪlɪ'teɪʃən/