reinvent

英 [riːɪn'vent] 美

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）

英英释义

1. bring back into existence;: "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected"

2. create anew and make over;: "He reinvented African music for American listeners"

词组搭配

reinvent the wheel

To do something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort

重做：从头开始重新做某事，特别是不需要的或无效率的努力

“School districts need not reinvent the wheel every time they try to improve their schools”(&b{Washington Post})
“每次试图改善学校状况时学校区用不着每次都从头重新做”(&b{华盛顿邮报})

To recast something familiar or old into a different form

改头换面：把相同的或旧的东西重新以另外的形式表现出来

“Call it reinventing the wheel or recasting old ideas, but these contemporary versions have a spirit and style all their own”(&b{New York Times})
“称它是重新从头做也好，重新表达老主意也好，但是这些当代的版本有它们自己的精神和风格”(&b{纽约时报})

考试真题

We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself.

However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself.

Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to "complacency(自满) ," that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

To show its early attempt to reinvent itself

A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture?

It's time to reinvent the formula for how work is conducted, since we are still relying on a very 20th century notion of work, Hagel says.

实用场景例句

The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.: 过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。

They have tried to reinvent their retail stores...: 他们一直在尝试改造他们的零售店。

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。

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。

We just don't have the money to reinvent the model of pedagogy.: 我们没有钱重新创造教学模型.

How easy will it be for Department of Education honcho Arne Duncan to reinvent the U.: 教育部长阿恩·邓肯(ArneDuncan)重塑美国教育体系的难度有多大?

It might in fact be time reinvent the way you sell.: 又或许,是时候重新寻找一种新的销售途径了.

All the parties are having to reinvent themselves.: 各党正抓紧重塑自我.

Go check if other people have done already so you don't have to reinvent the wheel.: 去查查看别人做过没有,这样你就不会作白功了.

Many hundreds of thousands who lose their jobs must reinvent their lives and find new vocations.: 好几十万失业者必须改头换面,实现人生转型,找到新职业.

Number three, we're also trying to radically innovate and reinvent the category.: 第三, 我们也在努力大力创新和彻底改造这个领域.

The IMF was hoping to reinvent itself as the overseer of this grand macroeconomic bargain.: IMF曾期待将自己重新定位为这盛大宏观经济谈判的监管人.

A company that fail to reinvent products according to customers'needs probably cannot succeed in business.: 一个公司若不能根据消费者的要求革新产品,可能就不会在商业上取得成功.

To encourage this, the fund is trying to reinvent itself as a friendly source of help.: IMF已经对其借贷规则进行了翻天覆地的改革, 并提供无附加条件,优先购买的信用借贷额度.

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.

And the answer not to try to reinvent that system.: 解决方案绝非去试图重建体系.

Some are taking bold steps reinvent themselves, with help from the Internet.: 有些在互联网的帮助下,采取了大胆的步骤重新打造自己.

There is no need to reinvent the wheel.: 没有必要再做无用功.

The race to reinvent the pig is not hard to fathom.: 再创猪的竞赛也并非深不可测.

We hit the ground running , and don't bill you to reinvent the wheel on each project.: 我们脚踏实地, 我们不会为了盈利而在您的项目里重造轮子.

Each generation of the Wallenbergs has done something to reinvent the family business.: 瓦伦堡家族的每一代都会对家族生意有所创新.

Reinvent and invigorate you homepage by making It'stunning and functional!: 那么,最后就将网站改版成更加吸引人和功能性更强的站点来创建和改进你的主页吧!

Can new products, parties and sales incentive reinvent Tupperware?: 新产品、聚会和新的销售政策能彻底改造特百惠吗 ?

No list includes the ability to reinvent itself among the desirable qualities of a city.: 在城市令人神往的品质里,没有哪项排名将“改造自身的能力”列入其中.

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。

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。

They have tried to reinvent their retail stores.: 他们一直在尝试改造他们的零售店。

中文词源

reinvent 以新形象示人

re-,再，重新，invent,发明，创造。比喻用法。

双语例句

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.

英文词源

reinvent (v.): 1680s, from re- + invent. Related: Reinvented; reinventing. Phrase reinvent the wheel "do redundant work" attested by 1971.

词态变化

第三人称单数: reinvents;过去式: reinvented;过去分词: reinvented;现在分词: reinventing;