retool

verb

1. 更换，重新装配（机器设备）
   to replace or change the machines or equipment in a factory so that it can produce new or better goods
2. 重新安排；重组
   to organize sth in a new or different way

1. VERB 重新装备，更换(机器设备等)
   If the machines in a factory or the items of equipment used by a firm are retooled, they are replaced or changed so that they can do new tasks.
   1. Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled.
      每次更换产品，就得重新装备机器。

1. Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled.
   每次更换产品，就得重新装备机器。
2. HP is considering a spin-off of its PC unit and killing its tablet and phone models in an aggressive bid to retool itself.
   惠普（HP）正在考虑拆分PC部门，“枪毙”其平板电脑和手机业务，以积极进行重组。
3. Hopefully, you can use the concepts and code provided here to enrich your own application without having to entirely retool your code.
   如果一切顺利，您能够使用本文给出的理念和代码丰富您自己的应用程序，而不必彻底重组您的代码。
4. In this example Web application, I'm going to retool how people shop online.
   在这个示例Web应用程序中，我将改变人们在线购物的方式。
5. Java classes are inherited, and the cost in time and effort to retool them is greater than any clear benefit.
   Java类是继承的，对它们进行重新组织在时间和工作量方面的成本可能会超过带来的好处。
6. An online calculator can quickly give you an estimate, so you can start to retool your approach to saving for retirement.
   一个在线的计算器会很快给你一个预估，这样你就能重新计算你现在为了退休后的生活应该怎样储蓄了。
7. British Columbia and the federal government have embarked on a massive push, spending billions of dollars, to retool the country's infrastructure to facilitate more trade with Asia.
   不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大联邦政府已经启动了一个耗资数十亿美元的大型计划来改造国内的基础设施，以此促进与亚洲贸易的增长。
8. A slowdown in China is widely seen as necessary and inevitable as the country tries to retool its growth model away from smokestack industries and towards domestic consumption and services.
   在中国试图摆脱烟囱林立的工业化增长模式、向国内消费和服务转型之际，中国经济的放缓被视为必要而不可避免的。
9. Sometimes this just means you need to retool your approach to romance and try new things when it comes to sex, but other times it means whatever you had is over.
   有时这就意味着你需要给浪漫另寻出路，当涉及性时尝试新事物，但其他时候这意味着无论你拥有过什么都已经结束了。
10. You may notice some improvement, but if you really want a better, more efficient machine, you have to open the hood and retool things in a much more fundamental way.
    可能会发觉一点提高，但要真地希望汽车跑地更快、更好，就要要掀开车盖，用更基础的方法来改装它。
11. Ad industry publications report that as media buyers retool, there is receptivity to seeking new ways to reach the consumer more effectively.
    广告业公布的报告说：重新组织媒体的买主，寻找新的方式达到使消费者的接受能力更有效率的目的。
12. In the computer industry, engineers have to retool frequently.
    在电脑业中，工程师必须经常以新知识充实装备自己。
13. They must retool to tap more sophisticated export niches or reorient themselves to sell to the domestic market.
    他们要么必须重组业务，开发更加高端的出口利基市场，要么必须对自身进行重新定位，转向国内市场。
14. Japan has resisted structural economic and social reforms that could retool its sputtering economic model.
    日本迟迟不进行有助于调整经济模式的结构性经济和社会改革。
15. Some might need to build up or retool their healthcare infrastructure.
    有些可能需要新建或更新它们的卫生保健基础设施。
16. And I'll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel efficient cars of the future are built right here in America.
    我也将帮助我们的汽车行业进行重组，以使未来的高能效的汽车就在美国国内生产。
17. Such a way forward might allow workers to go on to shorter production weeks, with downtime time used to retool plants and train staff for the recovery.
    这类措施的实施，可以让工人进一步减少每周的工时，同时将停工期用于改进工厂机器和培训员工，为经济复苏做准备。
18. Countries with well-established health systems, on the other hand, might find it more difficult to retool.
    那些拥有完善的卫生保健体系的国家，从另一方面来说，会觉得很难进行革新。

verb

1. provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools

2. revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
   1. We must retool the town's economy

   Synonym:    revise