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retrain

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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re·train /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  SETto learn or to teach someone the skills that are needed to do a different job 〔为从事新工作而〕接受再培训;对再训练 One solution is to retrain the long-term unemployed. 一个解决办法是对长期失业的人进行再培训。retrain as She’s hoping to retrain as a teacher. 她希望接受再培训当老师。retraining noun [uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
retrainThe other basic parts of managing the dream are recruiting meticulously, rewarding, retraining, and reorganizing.Why do the retraining efforts of self-defeating organizations tend to create at least as many difficulties as they resolve?After a gap for her family she is retraining in Radiology.Few approaches would produce more positive results on the actual curriculum in schools than review and retraining in this field.In that case, unions intend to demand significant job retraining programs for displaced clerical staff.All of this implies an urgent, increasing and ongoing need for training and retraining throughout the profession.He called for retraining workers for better-paid jobs.A federal program was set up to retrain workers who have lost their jobs.To stop this happening, you have to retrain your bladder to hold larger amounts of urine.
From Longman Business Dictionaryretrainre‧train /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ verb [intransitive, transitive]HUMAN RESOURCES to learn new skills or to teach someone the skills needed to do a different jobWe bought new software and had to retrain everyone to use the database.retraining noun [uncountable]He undertook eight weeks of retraining.→ See Verb table
re·train verbChineseSyllable
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retrain
retrain /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Word Family: noun: trainee, trainer, training, retraining; verb: train, retrain; adjective: trained ≠ untrained
to learn or to teach someone the skills that are needed to do a different job:
    One solution is to retrain the long-term unemployed.
    retrain as
    She’s hoping to retrain as a teacher.
—retraining noun [uncountable]


re·trainBrE /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they retrain BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it retrains BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪnz/ 🔊past simple retrained BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ 🔊past participle retrained BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ 🔊 -ing form retraining BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to learn, or to teach sb, a new type of work, a new skill, etc. (接受)重新培养,再教育,再培训~ (sb) (as sth) She retrained as a teacher. 她接受了教师再培训。🔊🔊~ sb to do sth Staff have been retrained to use the new technology. 为使员工学会运用新技术,对他们进行了再培训。🔊🔊 re·train·ing BrE /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]