| 释义 |
repurpose, v.
Brit. |ˌriːˈpəːpəs|, U.S. |riˈpərpəs|
[‹ re- prefix + purpose v.]
trans. To convert or adapt (esp. something holding electronic data) for use in a different format; to use for a different purpose.
1984PR Newswire (Nexis) 28 Mar. Visage products will allow developers to ‘repurpose’ video discs—that is, use one video disc to produce many different video programs without pressing a new disc. 1995D. E. Steinbock Triumph & Erosion in Amer. Media & Entertainm. Industries v. 157 By 1992 the multimedia industry (led by Microsoft, IBM, and Apple) spent an estimated $200 million a year on research and development, hoping to convert PC users and ‘repurpose’ existing materials to CDROM. 2002N.Y. Mag. 25 Mar. 114/3 The same quality extra-virgin olive oil that's a staple in the kitchens of Daniel and Bouley Bakery has recently been repurposed—as (what else?) a beauty aid.
Derivatives. repurposed adj.
1989Optical Information Syst. 9 245/1 Productivity applications that have the capability to either standalone or drive existing or *repurposed multimedia CD-ROMs or videodiscs. 2002N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Dec. 132/1 Thanks, in large part, to the aurally omnipresent Moby, the odium that used to attach to commercially repurposed pop songs has been eliminated.
repurposing n.
1988Small Computers in Libraries Apr. 28/2 Text, graphics, and layout designs are available for reuse, updating, and *repurposing for a number of different contexts. 2001S. Johnson Emergence iv. 134 There are far more agents in the system (twenty-four-hour news networks, headline pagers, newsweeklies, Web sites), and far more repackagings and repurposings of source materials. |