retool

英 [ˌriːˈtuːl]

美 [ˌriːˈtuːl]

v.  更换，重新装配(机器设备); 重新安排; 重组

现在分词：retooling　第三人称单数：retools　过去分词：retooled　过去式：retooled　

TOEFL化学

COCA.17351

牛津词典

verb

• 更换，重新装配（机器设备）
  to replace or change the machines or equipment in a factory so that it can produce new or better goods
• 重新安排；重组
  to organize sth in a new or different way

柯林斯词典

• VERB 重新装备，更换(机器设备等)
  If the machines in a factory or the items of equipment used by a firmare retooled, they are replaced or changed so that they can do new tasks.
  1. Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled.
     每次更换产品，就得重新装备机器。

英英释义

verb

• provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
• revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
  1. We must retool the town's economy
  Synonym:revise

双语例句

• Sometimes this just means you need to retool your approach to romance and try new things when it comes to sex, but other times it means whatever you had is over.
  有时这就意味着你需要给浪漫另寻出路，当涉及性时尝试新事物，但其他时候这意味着无论你拥有过什么都已经结束了。
• You may notice some improvement, but if you really want a better, more efficient machine, you have to open the hood and retool things in a much more fundamental way.
  可能会发觉一点提高，但要真地希望汽车跑地更快、更好，就要要掀开车盖，用更基础的方法来改装它。
• And I'll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel efficient cars of the future are built right here in America.
  我也将帮助我们的汽车行业进行重组，以使未来的高能效的汽车就在美国国内生产。
• Countries with well-established health systems, on the other hand, might find it more difficult to retool.
  那些拥有完善的卫生保健体系的国家，从另一方面来说，会觉得很难进行革新。
• Some might need to build up or retool their healthcare infrastructure.
  有些可能需要新建或更新它们的卫生保健基础设施。
• HP is considering a spin-off of its PC unit and killing its tablet and phone models in an aggressive bid to retool itself.
  惠普（HP）正在考虑拆分PC部门，“枪毙”其平板电脑和手机业务，以积极进行重组。
• In this example Web application, I'm going to retool how people shop online.
  在这个示例Web应用程序中，我将改变人们在线购物的方式。
• Japan has resisted structural economic and social reforms that could retool its sputtering economic model.
  日本迟迟不进行有助于调整经济模式的结构性经济和社会改革。
• Hopefully, you can use the concepts and code provided here to enrich your own application without having to entirely retool your code.
  如果一切顺利，您能够使用本文给出的理念和代码丰富您自己的应用程序，而不必彻底重组您的代码。
• Java classes are inherited, and the cost in time and effort to retool them is greater than any clear benefit.
  Java类是继承的，对它们进行重新组织在时间和工作量方面的成本可能会超过带来的好处。