/,ri:ɪn'steɪt; ,riɪn`stet/
v [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.n/a] ~ sb (in/as sth) restore sb to a previous (esp important) position 使某人恢复原先的（尤指重要的）职位或地位
*reinstate sb in the post of manager/as manager 恢复某人的经理职位
* (fig 比喻) Sue is now reinstated in his affections, eg after a quarrel. 休现在又重新得到了他的爱（如在争吵之後）.

v [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: instate 'to put in a position' (17-21 centuries)]
if someone is reinstated, they are officially given back their job after it was taken away
to make something such as a law, system, or rule exist again
　California reinstated the death penalty in 1977.
>reinstatementn [U and C]