| 词汇 | repurposed |
| 释义 | repurposed past simple and past participle ofrepurpose repurpose verb[ I or T ] uk /ˌriːˈpɜː.pəs/ us /ˌriːˈpɝː.pəs/ to find a new use for an idea, product, or building: 重新利用;改变…的用途;为…找到新用途 The company's role is to repurpose print data for use on the Web.这家公司的职责是将印刷品资料转成电子版以供网络使用。 Cinemas are harder to repurpose than ordinary shops.与普通店铺相比，电影院改作其他用途的难度要大得多。 Using and misusing adopt adoption avail avail yourself of something be/go heavy on somethingidiom exhaust give/allow something full playidiom go into something go through gobble something up make capital out of somethingidiom recycle spare swallow tap turn over turn to someone/something turn/use something to good accountidiom unblock underuse Examples of repurposedrepurposed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Pencils, crafted by woodworkers for marking up their boards, were quickly repurposed by writers and artists. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A yearly favorite is the fashion show featuring handmade clothes from recycled and repurposed items. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While a handful were repurposed as either low-income housing, boutique hotels, apartments, or commercial/office space, many were simply restored as motels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The outward corporate approach that works for broadcast ads will need to be repurposed for the highly personalized social media. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a highly refined, repurposed calcium silicate aggregate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the yards themselves remain in use, with the larger ones repurposed for retail and services, and the smaller for public passageways. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the company began closing down operations at the complex in 1973, some buildings were demolished, while others have been rehabilitated and repurposed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the time of its listing it had been repurposed for use by a veterans group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As lightweight cars were introduced, many heavyweight cars were repurposed into maintenance of way service by the railroads that owned them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was originally a tuberculosis hospital, but was repurposed as a facility for developmentally challenged children in 1959. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the war, because of shortages of both silk and nylon, nylon parachute material was sometimes repurposed to make dresses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the building was repurposed for general university classroom use, with about a third of the space dedicated to a child daycare center. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nevertheless, much has been repurposed into civilian concerns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Over two decades, the main buildings were slowly renovated and repurposed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, it was built for this purpose rather than repurposed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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