retrofitting
noun
PRODUCTIONuk/ˈretrəʊˌfɪtɪŋ/us[C]
→retrofitnoun
[U]
theactofprovidingamachinewith apart, or aplacewithequipment, that themachineorplacedid not have when it wasbuilt:
Retrofitting thestructuresprovedcostlyandtime-consuming.
| 单词 | retrofitting |
| 释义 | retrofitting noun PRODUCTIONuk/ˈretrəʊˌfɪtɪŋ/us[C] →retrofitnoun [U] theactofprovidingamachinewith apart, or aplacewithequipment, that themachineorplacedid not have when it wasbuilt: Retrofitting thestructuresprovedcostlyandtime-consuming. Examplesofretrofittingretrofitting The rate of retirement of existing plant and equipment and the possibilities for and costs ofretrofittingset limits to the rate of diffusion. From theCambridge English Corpus This amounts to the cross-culturalretrofittingof gender-based interpretations, by means of projecting a current stereotype back into history. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, seeking parallelism latent in the standard constructs of a major language avoids the pitfalls of building yet another language orretrofittingan existing language with non-standard extensions. From theCambridge English Corpus We advise aggressive instrumentation of all potential resource usage points: in our experience, disabling existing instrumentation at runtime is far easier thanretrofittingmissing instrumentation to a deployed system. From theCambridge English Corpus Access requirements in transport would mean replacing orretrofittingmost existing buses, trains, taxis, boats and planes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has conveniently ignored the additional costs—and therefore the increased lack of competitiveness for coal burn—ofretrofittingdesulphurisation equipment in power stations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a real need for something to be done here, and this also includes theretrofittingof old ships. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I am at present considering the complex question ofretrofittingthe older types of aircraft now in service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also widely recognised that, without extensiveretrofitting, coal stations have a finite life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One option that we are considering in the clean-coal programme isretrofittingto reduce emissions from existing power stations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Retrofittingis one answer, but it has limited application and it is very expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no plans at present to extend theretrofittingprogramme to other existing stations, but the possibility is kept under review. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there is the difficult problem ofretrofittingmeters in multi-occupation dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Retrofittingflue gas desulphurisation equipment will play a major part in this, but the burning of low sulphur fuels, including gas, may also contribute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theretrofittingof power stations with flue gas desulphurisation equipment will assist in achieving this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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