If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them.
例句
The governor is said to have agreed to reinstate five senior workers who were dismissed...據說州長已同意給5名被解雇的高級雇員復職。Thailand's prime minister announced his resignation today, but he is widely expected to be reinstated within a few days.泰國總理今天宣布辭職，但外界廣泛猜測他會在幾天之內復職。
VERB
恢復(法律、做法等);修復（設施等）
To reinstate a law, facility, or practice means to start having it again.
例句
...the decision to reinstate the grant...恢復此項補貼的決定There have now been 139 executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.自1976年恢復死刑以來共有139人被處決。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
使恢復原職;使恢復原有權利
The firm reinstated the man who was wrongly dismissed.商行把那個冤枉開除了的員工復職了。He was four times sacked and four times reinstated.他被解雇4次,又4次恢復原職。He was fired, but was later reinstated.他被解雇了, 但后來又恢復了原職。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. restore to the previous state or rank
2. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position;
"restore law and order""reestablish peace in the region""restore the emperor to the throne"