| 单词 | retrain |
| 释义 | retrain (once / 16601 pages) v To retrain is to teach (or to learn) all new information and skills. Once your dog retires from guarding sheep, you can retrain her to be a visiting therapy dog in nursing homes. When someone loses a job in one industry, a state employment agency can often help to retrain them for new kinds of work. A mill worker might retrain to be a computer programmer, for example. The verb retrain has the "again" prefix re- added to train, "to discipline or teach," a definition that grew out of the meaning "manipulate and shape," the way a gardener trains a vine to grow up an arbor. WORD FAMILYretrain: retrained, retraining, retrains+/detrain: detrained, detraining, detrains/entrain: entrained, entraining, entrains/train: detrain, entrain, retrain, trained, trainee, trainer, training, trains/trained: untrained/trainee: trainees, traineeship/traineeship: traineeships/trainer: trainers/training: trainings USAGE EXAMPLESThe standard response is to call for greater equality of opportunity – retraining workers, improving access to higher education and combating discrimination. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) With little help from doctors, Blaney developed his own exercises to retrain his hand and brain. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Older workers paying off their kids’ student loans or their own midcareer retraining costs are a different story. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1v teach new skills We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment Hyper develop, educate, prepare, train create by training and teaching 2v train again He is retraining to become an IT worker Hyper prepare, train undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession |
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