overhaul
overhaul 英 [ˈəʊvəhɔ:l] 美 [ˈoʊvərhɔl]
vt. 分解检查，大修；追上并超过 n. 彻底检修，详细检查
进行时:overhauling 过去式:overhauled 过去分词:overhauled 第三人称单数:overhauls 名词复数:overhauls
- 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.
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- vt. 分解检查，大修；追上并超过
- n. 彻底检修，详细检查
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1. Maybe Newton’s law of gravitation, the law that describes how their trajectories should be playing out, is in need of an overhaul.
也许，牛顿的万有引力定律，这个描述它们的轨道运行状态的定律，大概是疲倦了，需要大修了。
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2. This engine needs an overhaul.
这台发动机需要检修。
- overhaul (n.) 1826, from overhaul (v.).
- overhaul (v.) 1620s, from over- + haul (v.); originally nautical, "pull rigging apart for examination," which was done by slackening the rope by hauling in the opposite direction to that in which it is pulled in hoisting. Replaced overhale in sense of "overtake" (1793). Related: Overhauled; overhauling.
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