restore

回復させる、取り戻す

失われた感情や能力、状態を元に戻したり、再び働かせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make a lost feeling, ability, or situation exist or work again.

• The police restored order.
• A good night’s sleep restored her energy.
• The repair should restore power to the village.

類義語： bring back, reestablish

よく使う表現： restore order, restore confidence, restore someone’s sight

修復する、復元する

物を修理するなどして、以前の状態に戻す。

やさしい英語で： To return something to its earlier condition, often by repairing it.

• They restored the old house.
• She is restoring a damaged painting.
• The hall has been restored to its former beauty.

使い方： restore something to something (They restored the house to its original condition.)

類義語： renovate, repair

よく使う表現： restore a building, restore a painting, restore something to something

復元する

失われたり壊れたりした情報を、保存したコピーからコンピューターに戻す。

やさしい英語で： To bring saved information back to a computer after it has been lost or damaged.

• You can restore the deleted files.
• We restored the system from yesterday’s backup.
• Has the software restored all your photos?

使い方： restore something from something (We restored the files from a backup.)

類義語： recover

よく使う表現： restore a backup, restore deleted files, restore from backup

返還する、返す

物を持ち主に返す、または物や人を本来の場所に戻す。

やさしい英語で： To return something or someone to the person or place they belong to.

• The court restored her property.
• The lost child was restored to his family.
• They demanded that their land be restored to them.

使い方： restore someone/something to someone (The stolen painting was restored to its owner.)

類義語： return, give back

よく使う表現： restore something to someone, restore stolen property, restore someone’s rights

復元

保存した情報やシステムをコンピューターに戻す作業。

やさしい英語で： The process of bringing saved information or a saved system back to a computer.

• The restore took an hour.
• We tested a full restore of the database.
• Did the system restore recover your settings?

類義語： recovery, restoration

よく使う表現： system restore, full restore, backup and restore