| 单词 | reexamine |
| 释义 | reexamine (once / 30700 pages) v To reexamine something is to consider or inspect it again. A detective might need to go back and reexamine the scene of a crime several times during her investigation. A scientist who's studying an unfamiliar bacteria will examine it, and then reexamine it again and again. And, if you still have an earache a week after starting antibiotics, your doctor may want to reexamine you. Whenever you take another careful look at something, you reexamine it. The verb reexamine adds the "again" prefix re- to examine, from the Latin examinare, "to test, try, consider, or ponder." WORD FAMILYreexamine: reexamination, reexamined, reexamines, reexamining+/examination: examinations, self-examination/examine: examination, examined, examinee, examiner, examines, examining, re-examine, reexamine/examinee: examinees/examiner: examiners/examining: self-examining/re-examine: re-examined, re-examining/reexamination: reexaminations USAGE EXAMPLESThe outbreak also prodded international corporations to reexamine their policies. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Throughout Western nations, societies are reexamining the merits of immigration in the wake of a global surge of refugees, terrorist attacks and struggling economies. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) They are the stuff of history and the currency of a free society, and Obama’s impact will be discussed and reexamined for years. Time(Dec 22, 2016) v look at again; examine again Syn|Hyper review analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
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