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单词 refurbishment
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refurbishmentn.

Brit. /(ˌ)riːˈfəːbᵻʃm(ə)nt/, U.S. /riˈfərbɪʃm(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refurbish v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < refurbish v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier furbishment n.
The action or process of refurbishing something, esp. a building, room, etc.; renovation. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment
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interpolation1623
furbishinga1640
furbish1839
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refurbishment1881
refurb1976
1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 10/1 The City article of the Standard contains this morning a circumstantial account of a plan for the refurbishment of the Mexican debt.
1885 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 732 The figures which are in process of refurbishment at Madame Tussaud's.
1935 K. Burke Permanence & Change i. v. 92 The alchemists, whose morbid experiments formed the link between the vestiges of the magical rationalization and its refurbishment as science.
1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 2/2 It..is just one of a large number of successful transformations done by Whitbys whose business is the refurbishment of commercial properties.
2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 23 The Market Walk shop is undergoing a major refurbishment which will see the whole store updated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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