Renovate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 修复, 装修, 翻新
• ［英］ v. 修复, 装修, 翻新 ( put back into good condition)
• ［类］ 反义词: cause to decay ( 使腐烂)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-vated; -vating)

• Etymology: Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare, from re- + novare to make new, from novus new — more at new
• Date: circa 1522
• 1. to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
• 2. to restore to life, vigor, or activity ; revive <the church was renovated by a new ecumenical spirit>
• Synonyms: see renew
• ? renovation noun
• ? renovative adjective
• ? renovator noun

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