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Rewrite Rewritten ˌriːˈraɪt Verb Order Improve History ˌriːˈrɪtn

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The verb is pronounced /ˌriː'raɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'riːraɪt/. 动词读作/ˌriː'raɪt/。名词读作/'riːraɪt/。
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[VERB 动词]重写;改写;重新修订 If someone rewrites a piece of writing such as a book, an article, or a law, they write it in a different way in order to improve it.
  [V n]
  • Following this critique, students rewrite their papers and submit them for final evaluation...

    学生们遵照这一评语修改了他们的论文,并交上去进行最后的评审。

  • The script was rewritten constantly during filming.

    在拍摄期间,剧本一直在进行修改。

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[VERB 动词]改写,篡改(历史) If you accuse a government of rewriting history, you are criticizing them for selecting and presenting particular historical events in a way that suits their own purposes.
  [V n]
  [disapproval]
  • We have always been an independent people, no matter how they rewrite history...

    不管他们如何篡改历史,我们一直都是一个独立的民族。

  • As Orwell pointed out, history can be and often is rewritten to suit the needs of the present.

    正如奥威尔指出的那样,历史能够而且经常被改写以迎合当下的需要。

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[VERB 动词]改写,刷新(纪录) When journalists say that a sports player has rewritten the record books or the history books, they mean that the player has broken a record or several records.
  [V n]
  • ...the extraordinary West Country team that have rewritten all the record books in those three years...

    在此3年间刷新了所有纪录的超级西南球队

  • Kournikova is poised to rewrite the tennis history books.

    库尔尼科娃决心改写网球史。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](对剧本等的)改写,修改 In the film and television industries, a rewrite is the writing of parts of a film again in order to improve it.
  • Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.

    只有经过了无数次修改后,约翰才认为剧本写好了。


Oxford re·write / ˌriːˈraɪt ; NAmE ˌriːˈraɪt / verb ( re·wrote / ˌriːˈrəʊt ; NAmE ˌriːˈroʊt / , re·writ·ten / ˌriːˈrɪtn ; NAmE ˌriːˈrɪtn / ) rewritesth to write sth again in a different way, usually in order to improve it or because there is some new information 重写;改写 I intend to rewrite the story for younger children. 我想为年纪更小的孩子改写这篇故事。 This essay will have to be completely rewritten. 这篇文章得全部重写。 an attempt to rewrite history (= to present historical events in a way that shows or proves what you want them to) 改写历史的企图 re·write / ˈriːraɪt ; NAmE ˈriːraɪt / noun rewrite rewrites rewrote rewriting rewritten re·write / ˌriːˈraɪt ; NAmE ˌriːˈraɪt / re·wrote / ˌriːˈrəʊt ; NAmE ˌriːˈroʊt / re·writ·ten / ˌriːˈrɪtn ; NAmE ˌriːˈrɪtn /
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rewritere‧write /ˌriːˈraɪt/ ●○○ verb (past tense rewrote /-ˈrəʊt $ -ˈroʊt/, past participle rewritten /-ˈrɪtn/) [transitive]
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to change something that has been written, especially in order to improve it, or because new information is available SYN  revise:  I’ll have to rewrite most of the essay.rewrite /ˈriːraɪt/ noun [countable]:  Software packages may need complete rewrites to match new hardware.
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[ˌri:ˈraɪt]rewrote, rewritten, rewriting, rewrites

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rewrites[267] rewritten[520]
重写(60%),改写(31%),修改(9%)
n.重写或改写的文稿;改写的作品
vt.改写;重写
vi.改写;重写

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