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

• 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。
• Ad industry publications report that as media buyers retool, there is receptivity to seeking new ways to reach the consumer more effectively.
  广告业公布的报告说：重新组织媒体的买主，寻找新的方式达到使消费者的接受能力更有效率的目的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• British Columbia and the federal government have embarked on a massive push, spending billions of dollars, to retool the country's infrastructure to facilitate more trade with Asia.
  不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大联邦政府已经启动了一个耗资数十亿美元的大型计划来改造国内的基础设施，以此促进与亚洲贸易的增长。
• 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。
• In the computer industry, engineers have to retool frequently.
  在电脑业中，工程师必须经常以新知识充实装备自己。
• 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。
• Such a way forward might allow workers to go on to shorter production weeks, with downtime time used to retool plants and train staff for the recovery.
  这类措施的实施，可以让工人进一步减少每周的工时，同时将停工期用于改进工厂机器和培训员工，为经济复苏做准备。