| 词汇 | retrofitting |
| 释义 | retrofitting noun PRODUCTIONuk /ˈretrəʊˌfɪtɪŋ/us [ C ] → retrofitnoun [ U ] the act of providing a machine with a part, or a place with equipment, that the machine or place did not have when it was built: Retrofitting the structures proved costly and time-consuming. Examples of retrofittingretrofitting The rate of retirement of existing plant and equipment and the possibilities for and costs of retrofitting set limits to the rate of diffusion. This amounts to the cross-cultural retrofitting of gender-based interpretations, by means of projecting a current stereotype back into history. Furthermore, seeking parallelism latent in the standard constructs of a major language avoids the pitfalls of building yet another language or retrofitting an existing language with non-standard extensions. We advise aggressive instrumentation of all potential resource usage points: in our experience, disabling existing instrumentation at runtime is far easier than retrofitting missing instrumentation to a deployed system. Access requirements in transport would mean replacing or retrofitting most existing buses, trains, taxis, boats and planes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has conveniently ignored the additional costs—and therefore the increased lack of competitiveness for coal burn—of retrofitting desulphurisation equipment in power stations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a real need for something to be done here, and this also includes the retrofitting of old ships. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am at present considering the complex question of retrofitting the older types of aircraft now in service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also widely recognised that, without extensive retrofitting, coal stations have a finite life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One option that we are considering in the clean-coal programme is retrofitting to reduce emissions from existing power stations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Retrofitting is one answer, but it has limited application and it is very expensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no plans at present to extend the retrofitting programme to other existing stations, but the possibility is kept under review. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there is the difficult problem of retrofitting meters in multi-occupation dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Retrofitting flue gas desulphurisation equipment will play a major part in this, but the burning of low sulphur fuels, including gas, may also contribute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The retrofitting of power stations with flue gas desulphurisation equipment will assist in achieving this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of retrofitting 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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