take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary 解体检修(机械,设备);拆修,大修 the steering box was recently overhauled. 转向箱最近刚大修过。 moves to overhaul the income tax system. 全面检查所得税制度的行动。
(Brit.)overtake (someone), especially in a sporting event (英)(尤指体育比赛中)超过 Jodami overhauled his chief rival. 乔达米超过了他的主要对手。
noun
a thorough examination of machinery or a system, with repairs or changes made if necessary (机器的)解体检修;大修;(系统、体制的)全面修改 a major overhaul of environmental policies. 环保政策的全面修订。
语源
early 17th cent. (originally in nautical use in the sense 'release (rope tackle) by slackening'): from over- + haul