單詞
reinvent
英 [ri??n'vent]
美
基本信息
- vt. 重新使用；徹底改造；重復發明（在不知他人已發明的情況下）
詞組搭配
reinvent the wheel
To do something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort
重做：從頭開始重新做某事，特別是不需要的或無效率的努力
“School districts need not reinvent the wheel every time they try to improve their schools”(&b{Washington Post})
“每次試圖改善學校狀況時學校區用不著每次都從頭重新做”(&b{華盛頓郵報})
To recast something familiar or old into a different form
改頭換面：把相同的或舊的東西重新以另外的形式表現出來
“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})
“稱它是重新從頭做也好，重新表達老主意也好，但是這些當代的版本有它們自己的精神和風格”(&b{紐約時報})
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