The museum's conservation team spent six months overhauling the ancient clock mechanism to restore its original accuracy.
博物馆的文物保护团队花了六个月时间彻底检修古老的钟表机芯，以恢复其原有的精确度。
Which choice best defines “overhaul”?
A — To take apart and repair. “overhaul” means to take apart and repair.
Which word means “to take apart and repair”?
D — overhaul. “overhaul” means to take apart and repair.
overhaul — to take apart and repair. In Chinese: 彻底检修，全面改革.
overhaul is pronounced /ˈoʊvərˌhɔːl/.
The museum's conservation team spent six months overhauling the ancient clock mechanism to restore its original accuracy. (博物馆的文物保护团队花了六个月时间彻底检修古老的钟表机芯，以恢复其原有的精确度。)
renovate, refurbish, rebuild — all close in meaning to overhaul (to take apart and repair).
neglect, ignore — each the opposite of overhaul (to take apart and repair).
Yes. overhaul is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.