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

• 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。
• 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。
• If it isn't, why do they renovate the watchtower?
  要不然，为什么他们要修复了望塔？
• 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。
• 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。
• The idea of the organisers to renovate DU hostels and leave a Games'legacy for the college was right.
  组织者的想法是修复德里大学的饭店，并为学校留下一个运动会的遗产，这是个不错的主意。
• She lives in a large, renovated farmhouse.
  她住在一个宽敞的翻新过的农舍里。
• It was the pond that discharged the life waste water in the nearby inhabited region originally, in order to make a decision to renovate this location, have implemented overall and systematic renovation first.
  原来是附近居住区排放生活废水的水塘，为下决心整治该地段，先实施了全面系统的整治。
• 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；
• These workers around are just doing their utmost to renovate this century-old temple.
  你看周围的这些工人们他们正在抓紧时间修缮这百年古庙呢。