renovate
/ˈrenəʊveɪt/verb
with obj.
1- restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair修复（古旧建筑物等）：
the old school has been tastefully renovated as a private house.
旧学校已经被修复成一所雅致的私人住宅。
1.1
- archaic refresh; reinvigorate〈古〉使恢复活力, 使复兴：
a little warm nourishment renovated him for a short time.
吃了一点热的东西使他暂时恢复了活力。
派生词
renovation
nounrenovator
noun词源
early 16th cent.: from Latin renovat- 'made new again', from the verb renovare, from re- 'back, again' + novus 'new'.