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单词 retool
释义
retool
verb
uk
/ˌriːˈtuːl/us
[IorT]PRODUCTION
toreplacethemachinesandequipmentused in afactory:
Julyis aslowermonthbecause manyplantsshutdown to retool.
retool a plant/factoryTheautoindustryshouldreceive'substantialincentives' to retoolfactoriestodevelopmorefuel-efficientvehicles, such ashybrids.
[T]MANAGEMENTUSinformal
toorganizesomething in a new or different way inordertoimproveit:
Theadministrationcould have retooled thetaxsystemtodiscourageconsumption.
We have beenforcedtoretoolourbusinessstrategyinlightofglobalrealities.

retooling

noun[CorU]
PRODUCTION
The newmodeldoesn'trequireacompleteretooling ofexistingassemblylines.
(Definition ofretoolfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretool

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Southern rulers would have toretoolnot only the party but also state institutions if they wanted to maintain power over their polities.
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And, as the existence of this journal attests, intellectual history has retooled to take seriously the contexts for ideas and intellectual movements.
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Because the car was supplied by the contracting railroad, it was usually of the cheapest possible construction, often being a retooled wooden freight car.
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We cannotretoolany factory to provide them with fresh employment.
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He canretoolhis factory and produce completely different lines.
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The cost of retooling their machines is very great.
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If we took it over, we should have toretoolthe whole thing.
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I refer to regulation that is stable and predictable, and allows business to adapt, with sufficient time toretoolto meet improving standards over time.
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No group of workers could be more important to us, if our aim is to retrain andretool, and to rebuild our manufacturing base.
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Investment incentives could be reintroduced to help companies toretool, which would help the machine tool industry and equipment suppliers.
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In this case industry will be highly concentrated, and with changing techniques and trade demands it may be necessary for industry completely toretool.
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In order to make themselves more competitive, factories in my constituency must go abroad to find the machinery with which toretool.
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It would give us a year or 18 months in which toretool, rejig and retrain in order to keep the work force occupied.
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By targeting this funding, we canretoolour economies to drive out of recession.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They left it rehabilitated, rebuilt, re-equipped and retooled.
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