The word "reinvent" means to fundamentally change or transform something, making it appear new. It can also refer to the idiomatic expression "reinvent the wheel," which means to waste time repeating something that has already been done successfully.
[VERB 动词]彻底改变；改造 To reinvent something means to change it so that it seems different and new.
[V n]
[V pron-refl]
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。
reinvention
...a reinvention of the styles of the 1940s.
对20世纪40年代风格的改造
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[PHRASE 短语]重复劳动；白费力 If someone is trying to reinvent the wheel, they are trying to do something that has already been done successfully.
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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。
Oxford
re·invent/ˌriːɪnˈvent; NAmEˌriːɪnˈvent/verbreinventsth/yourself (as sth) to present yourself/sth in a new form or with a new image 以新形象示人；以新形式出现◆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。IDIOMreinvent the wheelto waste time creating sth that already exists and works well 重复发明；无谓地重复；浪费时间做无用功reinventreinventsreinventedreinventingre·invent/ˌriːɪnˈvent; NAmEˌriːɪnˈvent/
1to make changes to an idea, method, system etc in order to improve it or make it more modernSYN reform: plans to reinvent the American educational system2reinvent yourself to do something differently from before, especially in order to improve or change the way people think of you: Bowie has constantly reinvented himself during his long career.3reinvent the wheel informal to waste time trying to find a way to do something when someone else has already discovered the best way to do it
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reinvent
[ˌri:ɪnˈvent]reinvented, reinventing, reinvents
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改造(74%)，重新使用(21%)，再发明(5%)
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）
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