Question of the Day #302

"To accommodate the F-35Bs, the government intends to revamp the Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Izumo helicopter carrier to host the fighters."
From the seventh paragraph of this article at Nikkei Asian Review.

上記の文で、revamp の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "revamp" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


1. 〈話〉〔外観・機能などをもっと良くするために〕改造する、改良する、改訂する、修理する、繕う、改革する
2. 〔靴のつま皮を〕付け替える

この場合は、もちろん1番です。

Answer

According to :

1. REMAKE, REVISE
2. RENOVATE, RECONSTRUCT

Examples

• The company has revamped the design of its best-selling car.
• But facing potentially dramatic impacts in the years ahead if membership declines, and with it their dues, unions are also revamping their operations for the 2018 election cycle and beyond. — Alexei Koseff, sacbee, "After 'wake-up call' from Supreme Court, California unions face tough political choices," 3 July 2018
• We revamped the management system, but the business is doing no better than it was before.
• ‘an attempt to revamp the museum's image’
• a plan to revamp the banking industry