[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.
[V inflects]
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
WDF
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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