renovate

英 [ˈrenəveɪt]

美 [ˈrenəveɪt]

v.  修复; 翻新; 重新粉刷

过去分词：renovated　现在分词：renovating　过去式：renovated　第三人称单数：renovates　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11515 / COCA.8620

牛津词典

verb

• 修复；翻新；重新粉刷
  to repair and paint an old building, a piece of furniture, etc. so that it is in good condition again

柯林斯词典

• VERB 修复;改造;翻新
  If someonerenovatesan old building, they repair and improve it and get it back into good condition.
  1. The couple spent thousands renovating the house...
     这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
  2. She lives in a large, renovated farmhouse.
     她住在一个宽敞的翻新过的农舍里。

英英释义

verb

• give new life or energy to
  1. A hot soup will revive me
  2. This will renovate my spirits
  3. This treatment repaired my health
  Synonym:animaterecreatereanimatereviverepairquickenvivifyrevivify
• make brighter and prettier
  1. we refurbished the guest wing
  2. My wife wants us to renovate
  Synonym:refurbishfreshen up
• restore to a previous or better condition
  1. They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  Synonym:restitute

双语例句

• Supplement ballast and renovate subgrades;
  补充道碴和对路基进行整修；
• It is time to renovate the nest.
  正是整修窝巢的时候。
• His group also plans to renovate unfinished buildings in the economically depressed region and turn them into homes.
  他的小组还计划在经济衰退的地区改造烂尾建筑并将他们转变为住房。
• To cope with huge Expo crowds, the city has invested heavily in traffic infrastructure to dig new Metro lines and tunnels, expand roads and renovate key facilities.
  为解决交通问题，上海在交通设施下了大工夫，开辟了新的地铁线和隧道线，加宽了道路，改造了关键设施。
• Third, we worked actively to renovate and upgrade traditional industries.
  三是积极改造和提升传统工业。
• We purchase your technology chiefly in order to renovate our old equipment.
  我们购买你们的技术，主要是为了改造我们的旧设备。
• Detect all bridges, and renovate, change or reconstruct them according to the detection report; rehabilitate and clean culverts;
  对所有桥梁进行检测，并根据检测报告进行整治、更换、重建；对涵洞进行修复和清理；
• Renovate defective subgrade sections and build new drainage works;
  对病害路基地段进行整治和新修排水工程；
• The school master has accepted proposals to renovate the old schoolhouses.
  校长已经接受了翻新旧校舍的提议。
• They were without the funds required to renovate the building.
  他们缺乏翻修这个建筑所需要的资金。