词汇 | revamp |
释义 | revamp verb[ T ] uk /ˌriːˈvæmp/ us /ˌriːˈvæmp/ to change or arrange something again, in order to improve it: 修改;改进 We revamped the management system, but the business is doing no better than it was before.我们对管理制度作了彻底改进,但是经营业绩并不比从前好。 The walled garden was completely revamped last year. to decorate a room, house, etc. decorateUKI love to decorate and create cosy spaces in each room. redecorateI'm redecorating my bedroom in this season's latest colors. refurbishThe University library is currently being refurbished. renovateThey were in the process of renovating an old barn. revampThe restaurant has recently been revamped. do upHe's bought an old cottage and is gradually doing it up. This year, the system has been completely revamped and no problems have been reported so far. Other manufacturers have recently revamped their manufacturing processes to eliminate lead. The company has launched a revamped version of its commercial mortgages. Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Restoring and reviving Decorating or making something attractive revamp noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈriː.væmp/ us /ˈriː.væmp/ the process of changing or arranging something again, in order to improve it: The company has spent $5 million on a major revamp of its offices. He is planning a radical revamp of his squad. The company underwent a major revamp and adopted a new image. When it tried its first radical revamp of the software back in 2006, users found the changes too jarring. The revamp involved gutting the 77-year-old stadium, leaving only the Doric colonnades. Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify edged embellishment festoon flock foliated non-utilitarian ornament ornamentation ornate over-glamorize twiddly undecorated unembellished window dressing yarn bombing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Restoring and reviving revamp | American Dictionaryrevamp verb[ T ] us/riˈvæmp/ to change something, or to make or arrange something differently, in order to improve it: This country’s health care system needs revamping. revamp | Business Englishrevamp verb[ T ] informaluk /ˌriːˈvæmp/us to change something to make it more modern and efficient: We need to revamp our image to reach a younger market. They plan to revamp the HR system. revamp noun[ C ] informaluk /ˌriːˈvæmp/us the process of changing something to make it more modern and efficient: Their promotional material is in urgent need of a revamp. All their stores are undergoing a revamp. Examples of revamprevamp I employ the plural because each of these thinkers in fact revamped his epistemology at least once. In 1132, the state revamped its procurement system and imposed new service duty obligations on hang groups and brokers. It was necessary to revamp the alignment between text and music. A good case in point rests with the tortuous move towards revamping the regulatory framework governing securities markets. Later, from the mid nineteenth century, new modes came in with spiritualism and revamped more urbanised astrology and fortune-telling. That is, a recent development brings with it the possibility of revamping our relationship to innovation on the operatic stage. There is no doubt that pre-war distribution methods will have to be revamped to meet the post-war situation. A commercially revamped municipality needed new leaders : elites who ran and protected commerce. Under her initiative, her department revamped its undergraduate program by linking content and language acquisition within an integrated four-year curricular sequence that uses genre-based approaches. The party bureaucracy reacted to opposition threats by organising new political forces, revamping the party's voting lists, hiring opinion polling experts and managing media campaigns. It also revamped the government's method of tax collection in order to relieve the gendarmerie of regular responsibility for this task. The millowners found themselves, by the end of the decade, in a favourable political and economic climate for revamping their methods of labour recruitment and control. Considerable effort has been made to get the long-term unemployed and other specific categories of workers back to work by revamping institutional rules and incentives in the labour market. For all that it seemingly mattered, ulagh/ulaq was a new name grafted on to old administrative procedures that were revamped and made more efficient during dynastic change. Firstly, the same processes favour these forms as favour abbreviation generally: scientific and commercial labelling, computer usage, revamped telex-style names of businesses, and the creation of snappy brand names. 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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