reinvent
英 [ˌriː.ɪnˈvent]
美 [ˌriː.ɪnˈvent]
- vt. 重新使用；彻底改造；重复发明（在不知他人已发明的情况下）
中文词源
reinvent 以新形象示人
re-,再，重新，invent,发明，创造。比喻用法。
英语词源
- reinvent (v.)
- 1680s, from re- + invent. Related: Reinvented; reinventing. Phrase reinvent the wheel "do redundant work" attested by 1971.
权威例句
- 1. He was determined to reinvent himself as a poet and writer.
- 他下决心把自己重塑成一个诗人兼作家。
- 2. They have tried to reinvent their retail stores.
- 他们一直在尝试改造他们的零售店。
- 3. Some of these ideas are worth pursuing, but there is no need to reinvent the wheel.
- 这些观点中有些值得进一步探究，但是没有必要全盘重来。
- 4. The race to reinvent the pig is not hard to fathom.
- 再创猪的竞赛也并非深不可测.
- 5. His way of coping was to throw himself into work, and he began to reinvent himself.
- 全身心地投入工作是他排解的办法.他开始重新发现自己.