/ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt/
使恢复原职、原状或原有权利;重新确立。指将某人或某事物恢复到之前的位置、状态或条件。
The company decided to reinstate the employee after the investigation cleared him of all charges.
公司在调查证明该员工清白后,决定恢复他的职务。
After years of debate, the government finally reinstated the policy that had been abolished in the 1990s, arguing that its original intent was still relevant to modern challenges.
经过多年的辩论,政府最终恢复了在20世纪90年代废除的政策,认为其初衷对当代挑战仍具有现实意义。
由前缀 re-(表示"再次")和 instate(使就职、安置)组合而成。instate 源自 **in-**(进入)与 state(状态、地位),整体含义为"使重新进入某种状态或地位"。该词最早出现于16世纪,最初多用于法律和政治语境中,指恢复某人的权利或职位。