英语词汇“to reinvent the wheel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to reinvent the wheel: to recreate something that already exists, esp. at the expense of unnecessary time and effort; to repeat effort needlessly.

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1956 M. Egan & H. H. Henkle in J. H. Shera et al. Documentation in Action vii. 143 To forestall unnecessary duplication or, as one scientist expressed it, to avoid re-inventing the wheel.

1967 Times 27 Jan. 9/3 (advt.) We are not out to do a technological equivalent of re-inventing the wheel.

1989 J. Churchill Grime & Punishm. (1992) vi. 62 Every generation has to reinvent the wheel.

1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) iii. 59 We'd covered everything and to carry on would just be reinventing the wheel.

2000 Superintendent Winter 7/2 There is also the risk of reinventing the wheel every time a new initiative is proposed.

单词	to reinvent the wheel
释义	> as lemmas to reinvent the wheel to reinvent the wheel: to recreate something that already exists, esp. at the expense of unnecessary time and effort; to repeat effort needlessly. ΚΠ 1956 M. Egan & H. H. Henkle in J. H. Shera et al. Documentation in Action vii. 143 To forestall unnecessary duplication or, as one scientist expressed it, to avoid re-inventing the wheel. 1967 Times 27 Jan. 9/3 (advt.) We are not out to do a technological equivalent of re-inventing the wheel. 1989 J. Churchill Grime & Punishm. (1992) vi. 62 Every generation has to reinvent the wheel. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) iii. 59 We'd covered everything and to carry on would just be reinventing the wheel. 2000 Superintendent Winter 7/2 There is also the risk of reinventing the wheel every time a new initiative is proposed. extracted from reinventv. < as lemmas
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