resuscitate

Compared meaning: to bring someone back to consciousness (verb).

比较义项：使人苏醒过来，恢复意识或精神（动词）。

• revive

  General word for bringing someone back to a normal, alert state after tiredness or faintness; does not imply the person was near death, and needs no active medical procedure.

  泛指使人恢复正常、清醒的状态（如疲惫或昏沉之后），并不意味着当事人濒临死亡，也不需要主动的医疗急救措施。

  Fresh air helped revive her after the long hike.

  新鲜空气帮助她在长途徒步后恢复了精神。

• resuscitate 本词

  Specifically medical: to save someone who has stopped breathing or whose heart has stopped, using active techniques like CPR; sounds technical and urgent, not used for ordinary tiredness.

  专指医学急救：用心肺复苏等主动急救手段抢救呼吸停止或心脏骤停的人；语气专业、紧急，不用于形容普通的疲惫恢复。

  The paramedics worked quickly to resuscitate the drowning man.

  急救人员迅速对这名溺水者进行了心肺复苏。

Both words mean to bring someone back to a normal, alert state. Revive is general and mild, for someone tired or faint. Resuscitate is medical and serious: to save someone whose breathing or heart has stopped. Not compared: reviving a tradition, or resuscitating a machine.

这两个词在“使人恢复清醒／恢复生气”这一义项上很接近，但语气轻重不同：revive 泛指使人恢复精神，程度较轻；resuscitate 专指医学急救，程度更重、更正式。这里不比较 revive 表示“使（传统、经济、兴趣等）复兴”的义项，也不比较 resuscitate 表示“使（事物）重新运转”的义项。