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 revamp [ri'væmp]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 换新鞋面, 修理, 修补, 修改

[经] 整修, 补, 修改




    revamp
    [ verb ]
    1. to patch up or renovate; repair or restore

    2. <verb.change>
      They revamped their old house before selling it
    3. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

    4. <verb.change> vamp
      revamp my old boots


    Revamp \Re*vamp"\, v. t.
    To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.

    1. The earnings drop "was due in part to a decrease in revenue at U.S. Credit Services and substantial increase in costs" to revamp the operations, the company said.
    2. Although Mr. Currey attempted to rally employees behind his plans to revamp Greyhound, his efforts crumbled amid bitterness over the company's contract offer earlier this year.
    3. She said the agency is considering whether to appeal the ruling, to beef up its analysis to satisfy shortcomings cited by the appeals court or to revamp its regulation.
    4. In the fall, the company is expected to revamp the low end of its Macintosh computer line with at least two new models that sport lower prices and higher performance than current ones.
    5. The group discussed the debt-induced turmoil that has plagued Venezuela and other Third World nations and Perez described the attempts he's been making to revamp his economy to deal with his nation's $33 billion debt.
    6. He needed the time to revamp his U.S. travel plans so that they would coincide with the company's five annual board meetings.
    7. Industry experts hoped that a plan fashioned by the Iranian oil minister to revamp the quota system might serve as the framework for a broad and stronger accord at the next OPEC meeting scheduled in November.
    8. Kim Dae Jung recently agreed to revamp the leadership of the PPD, sharing his power as president with a council of party officials.
    9. While it costs more to revamp an existing building, the new law wouldn't require "retrofitting" if it means an "undue burden" for the business.
    10. Brussels airport opens its new terminal building on December 11, completing a Dollars 674m revamp of an airport long criticised as outdated.
    11. The plan is one more sign that efforts to revamp the nation's stock and futures markets after the crash are proceeding slowly.
    12. No sweeping laws have been passed to revamp campaign finance.
    13. The university proposes to revamp the curricula, build new schools, provide mothers and pregnant teen-agers counseling on nutrition and child-rearing, tailor learning plans to individual students and set up after-school programs.
    14. Boskin, in a 1986 book, "Too Many Promises: The Uncertain Future of Social Security," proposed to revamp Social Security to separate its insurance and welfare aspects.
    15. 'The US investment banks are beating a path to my door,' he says. Lloyd's moved to revamp its capital structure last year.
    16. Now that most of a sweeping revamp is behind it, Mr. Durosnoy said Gechem will reinforce its core business activities through acquisitions and internal expansion.
    17. Cristiani, who met with Bush in Washington, said the funds were needed to rebuild the Salvadoran economy, expand social programs and revamp the armed forces.
    18. The House is scheduled to begin debate later Wednesday on its version of Bush's plan to revamp and keep solvent the savings and loan industry.
    19. A four-year effort to revamp the world trading system remained in doubt after U.S. and European negotiators failed to budge from their positions on government payments to farmers.
    20. Perhaps the most significant change now under consideration here is a plan to revamp the criminal code as part of a broader reform of the Soviet legal system.
    21. It shows that our justice system needs a revamp for kids." Although they did not testify, she added: "I know my children were molested.
    22. Retailing MD: David Brooks HQ: Long Eaton, Nottingham Plans to revamp existing gas appliance retail chain by, eg, setting up its own warehousing and distribution system.
    23. The meeting is expected to revamp the party structure and could even challenge Gorbachev's leadership.
    24. In a terse statement, the central bank said the devaluation is part of a package of measures the government will soon announce to revamp the troubled economy.
    25. And many "vulture" investors see more big gains ahead for the bonds, now that Federated and Allied show signs of a sales upturn and are moving to revamp their debts in bankruptcy court.
    26. The goal was to continue to revamp the product line and hold the line on prices and thus market share.
    27. Tambo, who returned Thursday from 30 years of exile, told the opening session of the African National Congress' consultative conference that it had to revamp its strategy in step with the evolving political situation in South Africa.
    28. He said Mr. Fajgenbaum's remark that Brazil needs to revamp its constitution to achieve structural reforms intrudes in domestic affairs.
    29. The revamp is an apparent effort to thwart an unsolicited $10-a-share offer from the Pritzker family of Chicago, Ramada's largest shareholder.
    30. Plowman, who will collect an estimated $126,500 a year to head up the agency, has been rumored as having been tabbed to revamp the agency, including the pruning of a number of high-level jobs.
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