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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Collins.1 / BNC.11455 / COCA.15086

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 administration has briefed Congress that the US will offer to refurbish the F-16 jets sold to Taiwan in 1992 but will not sell the island the latest model of the fighter planes, as some in Washington and Taipei have pushed for.
  奥巴马政府已向美国国会通报称，美国将提出升级其在1992年出售给台湾的F-16战斗机，但不会响应华盛顿和台北方面某些人士的呼吁，向台湾出售最新型的F-16战斗机。
• Once delivered in the next year or two, the submarines are expected to be based at Cam Ranh Bay, which analysts say Russia has agreed to refurbish as part of the$ 2bn contract to supply the craft.
  明后年这批潜艇交付后，预计将停靠在金兰湾。分析师表示，根据价值20亿美元的军售合约，俄罗斯同意整修金兰湾基地。
• 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。
• You can also refurbish suits and shirts by having cuffs repaired, buttons replaced and hemlines adjusted.
  缝补袖口、钉上扣子、补好边缘，坏掉的套装和衬衫就可以继续穿了。
• It's too early to go in one direction or another in terms of whether or not to build a new stadium or refurbish Anfield, but we are making progress.
  但现在就决定是扩建安菲尔德还是重新建立一个新的球场还为时过早，但我们的讨论方向已经越来越清晰。
• For three main reasons, however, the attempt to refurbish Britain as the link between the US and Europe is to invest in a bridge to nowhere.
  然而，试图将英国重新塑造成为连接美国与欧洲的纽带，不过是在作无用功，原因主要有三。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Housing Society volunteers refurbish the homes for the elderly.
  房协的义工为长者粉饰家居。