From the headline of this article at PBS.
上記の文で、overhaulの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "overhaul" mean?
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解答
意味: 英辞郎によると、〔修理・改良などのために〕~を徹底的に点検する[整備する・分解修理する]となっているが、どちらかというと上記の訳の下にあるIt's time to overhaul our budget. (予算を見直す時です。)の「見直す」が、この例文の場合一番いいでしょう。
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:to renovate, remake, revise, or renew thoroughly
Etymology/語源
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、1620年代から。もとは、船舶用語で「船の帆とマストを支えるロープ・ワイヤ・滑車を調べる」という意味。
According to Online Etymology Dictionary:
1620s, from over- + haul (v.); originally nautical, "pull rigging apart for examination,"
Examples
- Lawmakers are overhauling the welfare program.
- The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.
- ‘moves to overhaul the income tax system’
- The debt commission's proposal to overhaul the tax code is projected to $80 billion in increased revenue in 2015.
- It is broken and desperately needs an overhaul similar to what the 1986 Goldwater/Nichols Act did for the Department of Defense.
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