| 英语单词 | overhaul |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['əʊvəhɔːl] 美 ['oʊvərhɔːl] |
| 中文释义 | vt.翻修;仔细检查;革新;赶上 n.彻底检查;全面检修 |
| 英语例句 | (1) You should overhaul your car engine. (2) The engines were overhauled completely before our departure. (3) The fast cruiser soon overhauled the old cargo boat. (4) He managed to overhaul the leader on the final lap. (5) I've taken my typewriter in for an overhaul. (6) The engine is due for an overhaul. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你应检修你的汽车发动机。 (2) 在我们出发之前马达都彻底检修过。 (3) 快速巡逻艇迅即赶上那艘旧货船。 (4) 他在最后一圈努力超过了领先的人。 (5) 我已把打字机拿去彻底检修了。 (6) 那台发动机该大修了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To overhaul is to completely renovate, making major changes in order to repair. A few shutters and a new coat of paint won't come close to fixing that old, boarded-up house — it needs a complete overhaul. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Back in the 1620s when the word was coined, overhaul described examining a fishing net to make sure there were no tears or big holes that would keep the fisherman from getting a big haul, or large amount of fish. Today, an overhaul is usually the result of such a close examination — like the overhaul that some people want to make to American public schools, or the overhaul an old car needs to keep it on the road. |
| 柯林斯解释 | The verb is pronounced /ˌəʊvə'hɔːl/. The noun is pronounced /'əʊvəhɔːl/. 动词读作 /ˌəʊvə'hɔːl/。名词读作 /'əʊvəhɔːl/。 1 [VERB 动词]大修;彻底检修;全面检查 If a piece of equipment is overhauled, it is cleaned, checked thoroughly, and repaired if necessary. [ [ [usu passive] [usu N
2 [VERB 动词]对…进行彻底革新;全面修订 If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it. [V n]
3 [VERB 动词](尤指在体育比赛中)赶上,超过,超越 If someone overhauls a person who is ahead of them, especially in a sports competition, they pass them or become more successful than them. [V n]
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