retrofit
n. 式样翻新 vt.vi. 式样翻新 [计] 更新; 改进
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教材释义与例句
式样翻新；花样翻新
改进； 更新；式样翻新
释义与例句
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1.
An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
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2.
A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
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To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
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To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
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Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
及物 计算机 工程 数学The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.
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To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
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To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
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The verb is derived from retro- (prefix meaning ‘back; backward’) + fit (“to equip, supply”). The noun, which is first attested later than the verb, is either derived: * from the verb (see above); or * from retro- + fit (“act of fitting; conformity of elements one to another”).
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