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To reinvent something means to change it so much that it becomes almost a completely new, better version of itself - like a company reinventing an old product to make it modern again. 'Reinvent yourself' is a common phrase meaning to change your look, career, or way of life in a big way.
徹底改造、重塑
組成re- (again) + invent
同家族的字
- inventreinvent is simply re- plus invent
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
reinventverb/ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/
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To invent again something that has already been invented.
- A narrative circulates at Mitchell, Hall about a naive young employee who, in his eagerness to be creative, "reinvents the wheel," devoting so many hours reformulating work that has already been done that he drives himself into a nervous breakdown.
- Overprocessing. The big problem in this area is a lack of standardization. A lot of time is spent reinventing the wheel. There are a lot of similar activities, and the lead time (set-up time) for reinventing the process should be eliminated.
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To adapt into a different form; to give a new style or image to.
- He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed.
- The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。