refurbish

英 [ˌriːˈfɜːbɪʃ]

美 [ˌriːˈfɜːrbɪʃ]

v.  再装修; 清理装修

过去分词：refurbished　现在分词：refurbishing　过去式：refurbished　第三人称单数：refurbishes　

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牛津词典

verb

• 再装修；清理装修
  to clean and decorate a room, building, etc. in order to make it more attractive, more useful, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 翻新，整修（建筑物或房间）
  Torefurbisha building or room means to clean it and decorate it and make it more attractive or better equipped.
  1. We have spent money on refurbishing the offices...
     我们已经花钱对办公室进行了翻新。
  2. This hotel has recently been completely refurbished.
     这家旅店近来彻底重新装修过。

英英释义

verb

• make brighter and prettier
  1. we refurbished the guest wing
  2. My wife wants us to renovate
  Synonym:renovatefreshen up

双语例句

• The world bank is trying to refurbish its relations with China, joining it as a development partner in Africa and trying to attract more Chinese to work with it in Washington and elsewhere.
  世行正努力与中国重修旧好，吸收其成为世行在非洲的一个发展伙伴，并努力吸引更多的中国人到华盛顿等地与世行共事。
• In addition, the central government allocated huge sums of money to pay salaries in arrears to primary and secondary school teachers and to refurbish school buildings in poor conditions.
  中央财政还安排了大量资金解决中小学教师工资拖欠、中小学危房改造等问题。
• There remain questions: how much it costs to refurbish a rocket booster and how many times a single booster can be reused, for example.
  不过人们仍有很多疑问：比如，翻修要花多少钱？一枚推进器能重复使用多少次？
• The next hurdle is sorting the goods, deciding which to refurbish and re-use and which to dismantle and recycle.
  下一个障碍在于给货物分类，决定哪些货物要翻新后再利用，哪些要分解回收。
• Housing Society volunteers refurbish the homes for the elderly.
  房协的义工为长者粉饰家居。
• Meanwhile, Kansas-based AMC needs capital to refurbish existing cinemas and expand.
  与此同时，总部位于堪萨斯的amc需要资金来重新装修已有影院，并进行扩张。
• As you know that we are adding more flights in Nanchang, and we need to refurbish the passenger waiting area at the new gates.
  你知道，我们在南昌要增加几个航班，需要改造几个新大门的旅客候机厅。
• This week Barack Obama agreed to refurbish Taiwan's ageing fleet of F-16 fighter jets ( see article), but Chinese objections made the deal less advantageous than it would have been.
  本周奥巴马同意翻新台湾老化的F-16战斗机群，但中方的抗议让这笔交易多了些不利因素。
• South Korea has sought to refurbish its longstanding alliance.
  韩国寻求强化美韩长期联盟。
• Some manufacturers refurbish products themselves and others use qualified third party partners.
  一些生产厂家翻新产品本身和其他人使用合格的第三方合作伙伴。