retreads

retreads

美 [?ri?tred] 　英 [?ri??tred]

• n.熱補過的輪胎；〈美俚〉再服兵役者
• v.【汽】翻新修補
• 網絡走老路

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：retreads  現在分詞：retreading  過去式：retreaded  

英漢解釋

v.	1. 【汽】翻新修補,熱補(輪胎)
n.	1. 熱補過的輪胎 2. 〈美俚〉再服兵役者

英英解釋

v.	1. to replace the outer layer of rubber of a tire
n.	1. an old tire with a new outer layer of rubber

例句

I brought in two, sometimes it sounds like it's an army of Bush administration retreads.

于是，我帶來了兩個人，這聽起來有點像布什政府智囊團的翻版。

Two intimates hardly constitute "an army of Bush administration retreads" , as Mr Wolfowitz points out.

正如沃氏所言，兩個密友不可能組成“一個翻版的布什政府的軍隊”。

At the library he finds a few other "medical retreads " still reading books and using ancient machines like laptops.

在這里他找到了一些其他的“醫學再生者”，他們依舊閱讀書籍并運用筆記本電腦這樣的古老機器。

The Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, dismissed Obama's jobs plans as retreads.

共和黨參議院領袖MitchellMcConnell將Obama的就業計劃斥為倒退。

Old stories fit with retreads.

古老的故事，適合翻新。