overhaul1
KK: [ˌovɚˈhɒl]
DJ: [ˌǝuvǝˈhɒːl]
vt.
- 拆開檢修,大修
The engines were
overhauled completely before our departure.
在我們出發之前馬達都徹底檢修過。
- 全面檢查
- 趕上,追上
I had no chance of
overhauling him.
我沒有趕上他的可能。
辨析
overhaul2
KK: [ˈovɚˌhɒl]
DJ: [ˈǝuvǝˌhɒːl]
v.
- examine (machinery or equipment) and repair it if necessary.
▸analyse and improve (a system, process, etc.).
- Brit. overtake.
n.
an act of overhauling.
Etymology
C17 (orig. in naut. use in the sense ‘release rope tackle by slackening’): from over- + haul.