| 释义 |
reconˈditioning, vbl. n.
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action or process of the vb.
1. Restoring to proper or adequate condition; rehabilitation, repair. Also, conversion or modernization (of houses, etc.).
1920Sphere 27 Mar. 339 (heading) Reconditioning. A present striking phase of the great British shipping industry. Ibid. (caption) The word at the top of this page—‘Reconditioning’—may be unfamiliar to the general public, but it is to-day well known to all the shipping world. 1926Manch. Guardian Weekly Feb. 104/2 Measures are being considered for the improvement and reconditioning of existing rural cottages. 1936Discovery Apr. 117/1 Systematic re-conditioning of working-class houses throughout the country. 1944M. Laski Love on Supertax x. 95 You really ought to let me give your hair a thorough re-conditioning.
2. Forestry. The steaming of timber to reduce warping and collapse (se recondition v. 2).
1932Rep. Forest Products Res. Board 1931 ii. 11 The treatment, which has been called re-conditioning, consisted essentially of warming the timber, which was first dried to a moisture content of 15 per cent.,..to 210 °F in saturated air. 1948New Biol. IV. 89 The kiln load is given a stress-relieving or reconditioning treatment. 1979J. G. Wilkinson Industr. Timber Preservation vii. 198 Reconditioning typically involves heating defective boards for between four and eight hours at 100 °C in a steam-filled atmosphere.
3. Psychol. The replacement through conditioning of one conditioned response by another; the re-establishing of a conditioned response after its extinction.
1935J. E. Wallin Personality Maladjustments xi. 461 Such bonds must be loosened or dissipated by substituting other emotional bonds that are more potent by a process of emotional reconditioning. 1940Hilgard & Marquis Conditioning & Learning 349/1 Reconditioning, the re⁓establishment of a conditioned response after it has been diminished by extinction or forgetfulness. 1957W. Sargant Battle for Mind x. 221 The need to vary methods of conditioning and reconditioning according to the different temperaments is clearly shown by a study of the way prison sentences affect various types. 1967J. A. Hadfield Introd. Psychotherapy xiv. 88 One could not deal with this guilt by re-conditioning because neither she nor we knew of its existence. 1972J. W. Kling et al. Woodworth & Schlosberg's Exper. Psychol. xiv. 570/2 Reconditioning: if extinction trials are followed by a single presentation of the CS-US combination much or all of the effects of extinction will be overcome. |