Word · Frequency #19121
retraining
重新训练；再训练
retraining is the present participle of retrain.
teach new skills; train again
- 1.
To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job
再训练；尤指学习新科目或新工作的培训
再训练；尤指学习新科目或新工作的培训；重新训练；再训练
In use
The company sent its staff to retrain so they could use the new software.
She retrained as a nurse after working in finance for ten years.
The government is retraining thousands of workers for jobs in renewable energy.
retrain sb to do sth
retrain 后接宾语，再用 to do 表示培训的目的。
The company retrained the staff to use the new software.
公司重新培训员工使用新软件。
retrain as sth
as 后接新职业或新身份，常用来表示转行。
After losing her job, she retrained as a graphic designer.
失业后，她重新接受培训，成为一名平面设计师。
retrain in sth
in 后接技能或领域；这里 retrain 是不及物动词。
Many workers are retraining in programming skills.
许多工人正在接受编程技能的再培训。
Verb forms
base retrain · third person retrains · -ing retraining · past retrained · past participle retrained
retrain 表示“重新训练/再培训”，及物或不及物；过去式和过去分词规则变化为 retrained。
Common mistakes
She decided to retrain to a nurse.She decided to retrain as a nurse.
表示转行成为某种职业时，retrain 后用 as 引出身份，不用 to；to 表示方向或目的，不能表示成为的角色。
The company offers a retrain program for its employees.The company offers a retraining program for its employees.
修饰名词表示“再培训的”时，应用动名词 retraining 作定语，retrain 是动词原形，不能直接修饰名词。
Connections
Collocations
- retrain staff
- 对员工进行再培训
- The hospital retrained staff in emergency procedures.医院对员工进行了急救规程再培训。
- retrain in digital skills
- 接受数字技能再培训
- She took a course to retrain in digital skills.她报了一门课程，接受数字技能方面的再培训。
- retrain as a nurse
- 接受再培训成为一名护士
- After raising her children, she decided to retrain as a nurse.把孩子抚养长大后，她决定接受再培训，成为一名护士。
- retrain on the job
- 在职再培训
- Workers will retrain on the job when the new system arrives.新系统上线后，工人们将在职接受再培训。
Idioms & figurative uses
- retrain your brain
- 重塑思维，改变习惯She started meditating every day to retrain her brain to focus.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：re（再）+ train（训练）→ 重新训练；想象员工离职后重返课堂，技能列车重新上轨。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：职场培训、职业转型、再就业课程 retrain 通常指对人或技能进行再次训练，多用于职场培训、职业转型、再就业等较正式或半正式场合；在日常口语中，也可用 train again 或 learn new skills 表达。整体属中性词，比较常见于书面和正式交流。
Pronunciation & Spelling
上面这些词都含 /eɪn/ 音，与 retrain /riːˈtreɪn/ 的重读音节押韵。注意拼写相近但发音不同的词：certain /ˈsɜːrtən/、mountain /ˈmaʊntən/、curtain /ˈkɜːrtən/ 中的 -ain 读 /ən/，不押韵；retain /rɪˈteɪn/ 与 retrain 只差一个 r，虽可押韵，但词义不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.