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語源

From new model, apparently with reference to the reorganisation of the English Parliament 1644–45.

動詞

new-model (三人称単数 現在形 new-models, 現在分詞 new-modelling または new-modeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 new-modelled または new-modeled)

1. (transitive, now rare) To give a new form to; to remodel. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:

     Over and above the oddities I have mentioned, he is so unsteady in his œconomy, that he is always new modelling his affairs, and exhausting his fortune, by laying out ten pounds, in order to save a shilling […] .

語源

Possibly from New Model Army (at Wikipedia) (1645-1660), equivalent to new- +‎ model.

動詞

newmodel (三人称単数 現在形 newmodels, 現在分詞 newmodelling または newmodeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 newmodelled または newmodeled)

1. (transitive) Alternative form of new-model; to give a new form to; remodel; rearrange in a new way.
   • circa 1783,, James Madison, "Notes on Debates 27 February 1783", in William Thomas Hutchinson, William Munford Ellis Rachal (editors), The papers of James Madison, Volume 6, (1969):

     He said however that the variances of opinion & indecision of Congress were alarming & required that something should be done; that it wd [sic] be better to newmodel the Confederation, or attempt any thing rather than do nothing.

   • 1784, letter Hazard to Belknap, Philadelphia, January 24, 1784 in "The Belknap Papers" Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1877)

     Congress newmodels the proposal, and sends it forth again.

   • 1810, Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, The Edinburgh review: or critical journal: Volume 15:

     His brother, about the same time, having been sent to newmodel the Spanish government, and to complete the conquest of the French in that quarter, signalized his arrival by the exhibition of a splendid triumph over that people.

   • 1831, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord: Volume 2:

     When, on the eve of the Restoration, the general commenced his march from Scotland, a measure pregnant with such important consequences, he newmodelled his troops, and more especially those immediately about his person, in order that they might consist entirely of individuals devoted to himself.

派生語

• newmodelling