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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。