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repurposed

/ˌriːˈpɜːrpəst/· verb

科研/医学B2

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Chinese meaning

被改造挪用；转做他用

把bǎ原yuán本běn的de东dōng西xī改gǎi作zuò新xīn用yòng途tú

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细xì菌jūn自zì毁huǐ机jī制zhì被bèi改gǎi造zào成chéng抗kàng癌ái疗liáo法fǎ

Example

A bacterial self-destruct mechanism has been repurposed as a potential therapy, selectively eliminating diseased cells — including tumour cells in mouse models of cancer.

一种细菌的自毁机制已被改造成潜在疗法，能选择性清除病变细胞——包括小鼠癌症模型中的肿瘤细胞。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

科kē研yán人rén员yuán将jiāng细xì菌jūn自zì带dài的deDNA自zì毁huǐ机jī制zhì加jiā以yǐ改gǎi造zào，使shǐ其qí能néng精jīng准zhǔn清qīng除chú病bìng变biàn细xì胞bāo，为wèi癌ái症zhèng治zhì疗liáo带dài来lái新xīn思sī路lù。

Roots · etymology

re-（重新）+ purpose（用途）构成的现代合成词

  • re-(重新) + purpose(用途) + -ed(过去分词后缀)

Collocations

  • repurposed as / repurpose a building / repurposed technology

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