把看得見的東西弄回新的樣子
這一家人最貼近核心畫面：對象是摸得到的東西，做法是一層一層翻新，結果是外表和狀態都變好。
verb · B2
To repair, clean and redecorate a building or a room so that it looks fresh and works well again.
整修；翻新
核心畫面
You can picture refurbish as going over something that is still sound but tired, surface by surface, until it is bright again. Nothing is thrown away and started from scratch: the thing keeps its shape, its place and its name, and what changes is the condition it is in. That is why the word fits a hotel, a second-hand laptop and an old policy equally well — in each case the original is still there, just gone over until it can be put back into use.
「refurbish」可以想成：東西還在，只是舊了、暗了、不好用了。你不把它丟掉，也不重做一個新的。你一層一層把它擦…更多收起
「refurbish」可以想成：東西還在，只是舊了、暗了、不好用了。你不把它丟掉，也不重做一個新的。你一層一層把它擦亮、修好、換掉裡面壞掉的部分。做完之後，它還是原來那個東西，只是狀態回到像新的。飯店、二手筆電、一份舊計畫，都可以套進這個畫面。From the word’s history
Recorded from 1605, formed from re- plus furbish, which came through Middle French forbir meaning to clean or polish. That older sense of polishing sits close to how the word is used today.
這個字大約 1605 年出現，由 re-（再一次）加上 furbish 組成。furbish 經由中古法文 forbir 進入英文，意思是「擦亮、弄乾淨」。所以「再擦亮一次」這條線索，跟今天的用法對得上。
Wiktionary entry for refurbish, etymology_text supplied in this packet: 1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, to clean, polish), from Frankish *furbēn.
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把看不見的東西重新整理過
同樣是「舊的留著、只換掉不能用的部分」，只是對象從摸得到的東西換成計畫、說法、能力。這是一種比喻的延伸，不是另一條字源。
verb · C1
To change and improve something you cannot touch — a plan, an idea, an argument or a skill — so that it is fresh and useful again.
重新整理；更新（想法、計畫）