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

• An online calculator can quickly give you an estimate, so you can start to retool your approach to saving for retirement.
  一个在线的计算器会很快给你一个预估，这样你就能重新计算你现在为了退休后的生活应该怎样储蓄了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A slowdown in China is widely seen as necessary and inevitable as the country tries to retool its growth model away from smokestack industries and towards domestic consumption and services.
  在中国试图摆脱烟囱林立的工业化增长模式、向国内消费和服务转型之际，中国经济的放缓被视为必要而不可避免的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They must retool to tap more sophisticated export niches or reorient themselves to sell to the domestic market.
  他们要么必须重组业务，开发更加高端的出口利基市场，要么必须对自身进行重新定位，转向国内市场。