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单词 reinvent
释义
reinventre‧in‧vent /ˌriːɪnˈvent/ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
reinvent
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyreinvent
he, she, itreinvents
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyreinvented
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave reinvented
he, she, ithas reinvented
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad reinvented
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill reinvent
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have reinvented
Continuous Form
PresentIam reinventing
he, she, itis reinventing
you, we, theyare reinventing
PastI, he, she, itwas reinventing
you, we, theywere reinventing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been reinventing
he, she, ithas been reinventing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been reinventing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be reinventing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been reinventing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The American educational system needs to be reinvented.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But the clothier credited with reinventing menswear in the 1980s faces arguably the most daunting challenge of his career.
  • But to make our governments effective again we must reinvent them.
  • He will tell us he is responsible for reinventing government and turning more power back to the states.
  • Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.
  • The emphasis can only grow as even large companies are forced to reinvent themselves along more entrepreneurial, internet-enabled lines.
  • Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.· Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.· I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
VERB
· Some of the Windows programs failed farmers, says Mr Hamilton, because they tried to reinvent Windows.· In this fast-changing environment, several commercial on-line services are trying to reinvent themselves.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Madonna kept winning new fans as she reinvented herself.
  • By remixing and adding new parts to certain sections they have successfully managed to reinvent themselves.
  • City, state and federal governments reinvent themselves, scaling back, spending less on human services.
  • In this fast-changing environment, several commercial on-line services are trying to reinvent themselves.
  • New skills can increase personal satisfaction Women in particular are susceptible to believing that improving their appearance can help them reinvent themselves.
  • Simply put, 88open either has to reinvent itself or hang it up.
  • The company intends to reinvent itself from a leading distributor of on-line content into primarily a developer of on-line content.
  • The emphasis can only grow as even large companies are forced to reinvent themselves along more entrepreneurial, internet-enabled lines.
  • They reinvent themselves, often without a model for their paternal roles.
  • He had set out to reinvent the wheel; actually he wound up inventing it.
  • I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
  • Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.
  • Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouninventioninventivenessinventorverbinventreinventadjectiveinventiveadverbinventively
1to make changes to an idea, method, system etc in order to improve it or make it more modern SYN  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
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