时间：2022-12-30 06:40
repurpose的意思是"重新目的化、重新运用"，还经常被翻译为对…稍加修改，单词读音音标为[ˌri:ˈpɜ:pəs]，在英语中以动词出现较多，在《大课标百科词典》中，共找到30个与repurpose相关的释义和例句。
1.重新目的化
例句:And sea slugs eat jellyfish nematocysts, prevent their activation with compounds in their mucus, and repurpose them for their own defenses.
翻译:海蛞蝓能够吃掉水母的刺囊， 使粘液中的化合物不被激活， 并将其重新利用，保护自己。 。
来源：在线英语词典
2.重新运用
例句:Toyota managed its network of suppliers in such a collaborative manner that it could work very quickly and smoothly with suppliers to repurpose production, fill the missing braking valve capacity and have car production come online again.
翻译:丰田用一种合作的方式组织 供销商网络 因此能够与供销商 迅速顺利地合作 来重振生产 弥补缺失的刹车阀门生产能力 让汽车生产重新运作 。
来源：新英汉汉英词典
3.对…稍加修改
例句:Because of humbly curious communication in international collaborations, we have learned that we can repurpose the ankle to serve as the knee when we have to remove the knee with the cancer.
翻译:正因为那种在国际合作中谦逊的 好奇心驱使的沟通, 我们学习到了如果必须 在移除肿瘤的同时移除膝盖， 那么我们可以用踝关节 代替膝关节的位置。 。
来源：英汉简明词典
4.为适合新用途、对…稍加修改
例句:And the keel-like protrusion on their sternums, where the flight muscles attach, shrinks or disappears, except in penguins, who repurpose their flight muscles and keels for swimming.
翻译:同时，它们胸骨上如同船的龙骨一般 突起的地方， 即飞行所需要的肌肉连接处， 逐渐缩小、消失， 然而企鹅却是一种例外，它们 改变了用途，将飞行所依靠的肌肉 和骨头用于游泳。 。
来源：现代英语词典
repurpose一般作为动词使用，在常见短语或俚语中出现较多。
1. Because of humbly curious communication in international collaborations, we have learned that we can repurpose the ankle to serve as the knee when we have to remove the knee with the cancer.
翻译:正因为那种在国际合作中谦逊的 好奇心驱使的沟通, 我们学习到了如果必须 在移除肿瘤的同时移除膝盖， 那么我们可以用踝关节 代替膝关节的位置。 。
2. And the keel-like protrusion on their sternums, where the flight muscles attach, shrinks or disappears, except in penguins, who repurpose their flight muscles and keels for swimming.
翻译:同时，它们胸骨上如同船的龙骨一般 突起的地方， 即飞行所需要的肌肉连接处， 逐渐缩小、消失， 然而企鹅却是一种例外，它们 改变了用途，将飞行所依靠的肌肉 和骨头用于游泳。 。
3. He can only destroy or repurpose them.
翻译:他只能毁灭或改写它们。
4. Oh, yes, repurpose sensors that are already in place.
翻译:对 就用那些传感器。
5. Though they no longer use them to fly, many of these birds repurpose their wings for other means.
翻译:虽然它们不再用翅膀飞翔， 但是许多这样的鸟类 把翅膀用在了其他用途上。 。
6. Well, what if you combined these two functions in a way that was designed to repurpose them to fight cancer?
翻译:如果把这两种功能结合起来， 改变其功能用来抗癌， 那会怎样？ 。
7. Well, the cupcake shows a mix of sweet imagery because we're two girls trying to retro-repurpose the phrase
翻译:我们的纸杯蛋糕是甜蜜的象征 Well, the cupcake shows a mix of sweet imagery 因为我们两个女孩一直想让 Because we're two girls trying to retro -repurpose the phrase。
