heal /hiːl/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (healing,healed,heals)

• 1.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When a broken bone or other injury heals, or if someone or something heals it, it becomes healthy and normal again. 治愈; 痊愈

  例：

  Within six weeks the bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed.

  6周内青瘀已经消退了，可是伤在6个月后才完全愈合。

• 2.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you heal something such as a rift or a wound, or if it heals, the situation is put right so that people are friendly or happy again. 弥合

  例：

  We have begun to heal the wounds of war in our society.

  我们已经开始抚平战争带给这个社会的创伤。