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When you reprocess a waste substance, you put it through a treatment so it can be used again. Factories reprocess plastic, glass, and metal; some countries also reprocess used nuclear fuel. This is a technical word. At home people say recycle. Recycle can mean “put it in the right bin” or “make it into something new.” Reprocess points at the factory work itself — the treating. You will meet it in news about waste, energy, and industry. Though actually, offices also talk about reprocessing data, meaning they run the same information through a program again. That stretch is real, but the core picture is still waste being treated so it is useful once more.
再處理、回收再製（工廠、核廢料新聞常用；日常丟瓶罐多說「回收」）
組成re- (again, back) + process. Built in English from the prefix re- and the verb process.
同家族的字
- processthe base verb; reprocess is that treating done again
- processingthe noun for the same set of steps
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
reprocessverb/ɹiːˈpɹəʊsɛs/
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To process again.
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engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo process again.
- In order to greatly reduce the plant's output of high-level radioactive waste that has to be disposed of somehow, an onsite facility reprocesses the spent fuel rods using the PUREX process, separating out the unburnt uranium and plutonium from the troublesome fission products.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。