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单词 reinvent
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Definition of reinvent in English:

reinvent

verb riːɪnˈvɛntˌriɪnˈvɛnt
[with object]
  • 1Change (something) so much that it appears to be entirely new.

    he brought opera to the masses and reinvented the waltz
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A group of young artists are reinventing their culture - and commanding attention in the art world - with their fresh and contemporary painting.
    • One of the features of the day was the Carracastle pipe band who marched down the road to the alley thus reinventing scenes of when pipe bands were a regular feature of tournament Sundays in Cully.
    • Typically Rathore, the collection reinvents the strengths of Rajasthan.
    • Paul D. Miller, is a visionary who continually reinvents his medium with a multitude of ventures, including online publishing and music production.
    • The ubiquitous face as well as the proscenium are the lingering elements that integrate with still life, largely reinventing this concept with different perception.
    • I say wheeze because every generation feels the need to reinvent a graduated state pension, much as it reinvents the grammar school and the nuclear deterrent.
    • Thus he reinvents pointe and classical with clean lines, relentless questioning and more gender-bending icons.
    • Each age reinvents classical mythology in its own image.
    • Rather the reverse: art remains his vocation, but he reinvents it, horribly.
    • Just when it seems he is falling into a repetitious, stylistic pit, he reinvents the presentation.
    • The potential momentum of diminishing privilege is so horrifying, they must handle it by reinventing the language of their enemy as their own.
    • India's poverty absorbs everything and uniquely reinvents it.
    • We're going to continue basically reinventing the civil defense movement that that aided our country during World War II.
    • Concrete music reinvents raw sound such as that of a door with rusty hinges, breath, a thunderstorm or a waterfall.
    • Fukuyama reinvents this narrative of technology's capacity to usher in a new millennium, by suggesting that the paradise we are destined to find at the end of history is not that of Milton, but of Adam Smith.
    • If Star Wars brought a bigger budget to the cliffhanging Saturday morning serials of yore, then ET takes the Lassie films of Spielberg's youth and magically reinvents them for a space age generation.
    • Gordon has stated that he needs to be different each night and so he reinvents the show every night.
    • The technology reinvents the conventional distribution-exhibition model in India.
    • ‘This building reinvents the form of the library in many, many ways,’ Miller says.
    • Much interest lies in how Eggers reinvents the posturing put forth in the hardcover text.
    1. 1.1reinvent oneself Take up a radically new job or way of life.
      the actor wants to reinvent himself as an independent movie mogul
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But one of the most remarkable things about Dylan is the way he reinvents himself.
      • He has learnt that the secret is to keep reinventing yourself.
      • Figo, nominally a right-sided midfielder, reinvents himself as a striker, ballwinner or even full-back…
      • Since mass education has constantly and often radically reinvented itself, there is great formal disparity and discontinuity across different eras, with many older buildings still in use.
      • Constantly changing, radically reinventing himself, Wittman is forever in a state of flux.
      • New York is a city that endlessly reinvents itself and, in the process of doing so, provides almost limitless opportunities for missed dreams to be dreamt again and to be realized.
      • Pran is somebody who reinvents himself according to context.
      • He has now reinvented himself as a radical stand-up with just enough charm and stagecraft to get away with an amazingly low ratio of jokes to running time.
      • But the New Economy is about constantly reinventing yourself and being creative and moving to where you can charge your customer a premium.
      • He escapes, reinvents himself as a count and starts to exact cold, calculated revenge.
      • He's excited to be at the event, and really ready to hear so many people talk positively about reinventing yourself.
      • It constantly reinvents itself, remaining classic but fresh.
      • But, like Turner, she continually reinvents herself.
      • After being a total geek in school, he's expelled and reinvents himself with the help of an inmate.
      • She works in the fruit and vegetable section of a supermarket and by this bizarre event completely reinvents herself.
      • As true as that is for America in general, it is even truer by an order of magnitude for New York City which reinvents itself every generation.
      • I've maintained all along, the monarchy will continue because it readjusts, and reinvents itself.
      • It is said - our correspondents said, other people say it - that Las Vegas is a city of transformation, a city that reinvents itself.
      • He reinvents himself after committing horrific atrocities and seems to constantly try to keep the past at bay.
      • As she reinvents herself as a writer, she tells of how she nearly sacrificed her family life for a few laughs

Phrases

  • reinvent the wheel

    • Waste a great deal of time or effort in creating something that already exists.

      he spoke with the fervour of discovery, unaware that he was reinventing the wheel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It forces companies to reinvent the wheel, or spend time and money solving problems already solved in the past.
      • Not to do that would be to waste a lot of time and money reinventing the wheel.
      • It is no longer viable to reinvent the wheel, create stovepipes or work apart from other agencies and jurisdictions.
      • I'm a great believer in finding out what works well and then doing more of it, because we can otherwise waste a lot of time reinventing the wheel.
      • We can create applications that service all our Web sites rather than reinvent the wheel for each one.
      • Will others squander valuable time reinventing the wheel because existing data never saw the light of day?
      • Developers can create amazing things but must reinvent the wheel for each project.
      • I have dedicated myself to learning from other people's experiences so that I do not waste time trying to reinvent the wheel.
      • Karlsson argues that at the moment most developers create routine products by themselves, perpetually reinventing the wheel.
      • ‘We don't try to reinvent the wheel and create new online resources,’ says Jacka.
 
 

Definition of reinvent in US English:

reinvent

verbˌrēinˈventˌriɪnˈvɛnt
[with object]
  • 1Change (something) so much that it appears to be entirely new.

    he brought opera to the masses and reinvented the waltz
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The potential momentum of diminishing privilege is so horrifying, they must handle it by reinventing the language of their enemy as their own.
    • Typically Rathore, the collection reinvents the strengths of Rajasthan.
    • Fukuyama reinvents this narrative of technology's capacity to usher in a new millennium, by suggesting that the paradise we are destined to find at the end of history is not that of Milton, but of Adam Smith.
    • If Star Wars brought a bigger budget to the cliffhanging Saturday morning serials of yore, then ET takes the Lassie films of Spielberg's youth and magically reinvents them for a space age generation.
    • Thus he reinvents pointe and classical with clean lines, relentless questioning and more gender-bending icons.
    • We're going to continue basically reinventing the civil defense movement that that aided our country during World War II.
    • Each age reinvents classical mythology in its own image.
    • One of the features of the day was the Carracastle pipe band who marched down the road to the alley thus reinventing scenes of when pipe bands were a regular feature of tournament Sundays in Cully.
    • The technology reinvents the conventional distribution-exhibition model in India.
    • Rather the reverse: art remains his vocation, but he reinvents it, horribly.
    • Paul D. Miller, is a visionary who continually reinvents his medium with a multitude of ventures, including online publishing and music production.
    • India's poverty absorbs everything and uniquely reinvents it.
    • Concrete music reinvents raw sound such as that of a door with rusty hinges, breath, a thunderstorm or a waterfall.
    • A group of young artists are reinventing their culture - and commanding attention in the art world - with their fresh and contemporary painting.
    • Much interest lies in how Eggers reinvents the posturing put forth in the hardcover text.
    • Just when it seems he is falling into a repetitious, stylistic pit, he reinvents the presentation.
    • Gordon has stated that he needs to be different each night and so he reinvents the show every night.
    • The ubiquitous face as well as the proscenium are the lingering elements that integrate with still life, largely reinventing this concept with different perception.
    • I say wheeze because every generation feels the need to reinvent a graduated state pension, much as it reinvents the grammar school and the nuclear deterrent.
    • ‘This building reinvents the form of the library in many, many ways,’ Miller says.
    1. 1.1reinvent oneself Take up a very different job or way of life.
      the actor wants to reinvent himself as an independent movie mogul
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've maintained all along, the monarchy will continue because it readjusts, and reinvents itself.
      • As true as that is for America in general, it is even truer by an order of magnitude for New York City which reinvents itself every generation.
      • He reinvents himself after committing horrific atrocities and seems to constantly try to keep the past at bay.
      • But the New Economy is about constantly reinventing yourself and being creative and moving to where you can charge your customer a premium.
      • Figo, nominally a right-sided midfielder, reinvents himself as a striker, ballwinner or even full-back…
      • But one of the most remarkable things about Dylan is the way he reinvents himself.
      • She works in the fruit and vegetable section of a supermarket and by this bizarre event completely reinvents herself.
      • He's excited to be at the event, and really ready to hear so many people talk positively about reinventing yourself.
      • It is said - our correspondents said, other people say it - that Las Vegas is a city of transformation, a city that reinvents itself.
      • As she reinvents herself as a writer, she tells of how she nearly sacrificed her family life for a few laughs
      • Constantly changing, radically reinventing himself, Wittman is forever in a state of flux.
      • But, like Turner, she continually reinvents herself.
      • It constantly reinvents itself, remaining classic but fresh.
      • After being a total geek in school, he's expelled and reinvents himself with the help of an inmate.
      • Pran is somebody who reinvents himself according to context.
      • New York is a city that endlessly reinvents itself and, in the process of doing so, provides almost limitless opportunities for missed dreams to be dreamt again and to be realized.
      • He escapes, reinvents himself as a count and starts to exact cold, calculated revenge.
      • He has now reinvented himself as a radical stand-up with just enough charm and stagecraft to get away with an amazingly low ratio of jokes to running time.
      • Since mass education has constantly and often radically reinvented itself, there is great formal disparity and discontinuity across different eras, with many older buildings still in use.
      • He has learnt that the secret is to keep reinventing yourself.

Phrases

  • reinvent the wheel

    • Waste a great deal of time or effort in creating something that already exists.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It forces companies to reinvent the wheel, or spend time and money solving problems already solved in the past.
      • ‘We don't try to reinvent the wheel and create new online resources,’ says Jacka.
      • Developers can create amazing things but must reinvent the wheel for each project.
      • I'm a great believer in finding out what works well and then doing more of it, because we can otherwise waste a lot of time reinventing the wheel.
      • Karlsson argues that at the moment most developers create routine products by themselves, perpetually reinventing the wheel.
      • I have dedicated myself to learning from other people's experiences so that I do not waste time trying to reinvent the wheel.
      • We can create applications that service all our Web sites rather than reinvent the wheel for each one.
      • Will others squander valuable time reinventing the wheel because existing data never saw the light of day?
      • Not to do that would be to waste a lot of time and money reinventing the wheel.
      • It is no longer viable to reinvent the wheel, create stovepipes or work apart from other agencies and jurisdictions.
 
 
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