•It took her a long while to recover (= become completely well again) from/after her heart operation.她心脏动手术后很长时间身体才复原。

•He never really recovered from the shock of his wife dying (= He was never happy after his wife died).他再也没有从丧妻之痛中真正恢复过来。

•She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.她陷入昏迷后再也没有醒过来。

•[R] She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/her self (= soon gave the appearance of being calm).她见到我很震惊，但很快就镇定了下来。

•It took a long time for the economy to recover (= improve) after the slump.经济萧条期过后，这间公司花了很长时间才恢复元气。

•Police only recover (= get back) a very small percentage of stolen goods.警方只追回了被盗货物的一小部分。

•The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs (= get back what you have spent).创建新公司的初始费用非常巨大，要过很长时间才能收回那些成本。