reverse engineering

1. N-UNCOUNT Reverse engineering is a process in which a product or system is analysed in order to see how it works, so that a similar version of the product or system can be produced more cheaply. 逆向工程; 倒序制造[商業(yè)]

Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats. 施樂公司展開了一項逆向工程。他們把日本的機器拆開，調(diào)查了日本的工廠來弄清楚他們怎么生產(chǎn)出了如此了不起的產(chǎn)品。