repurpose
[,ri'pɝpəs]
- vt. 改换意图；重新目的化
考试真题
- When customers do want to toss their pair, they can give them back to the store, which will repurpose and resell them.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
中文词源
repurpose 略加改变
re-,再，重新，purpose,目的，意图。即调整意图，引申词义略加改变。
英文词源
- repurpose (v.)
- by 1983, from re- + purpose (v.). Related: Repurposed; repurposing.