| 单词 | rethink |
| 释义 | rethink (once / 5445 pages) vn When you rethink, you consider something again, often reaching the opposite conclusion. You'll rethink your decision to go bungee jumping as soon as you're standing at the top of a tall bridge getting ready to jump. You'll have to rethink your usual two A.M. bedtime after you get a new job making donuts at five every morning. A kindergarten teacher might also need to rethink his laid-back teaching style when he's faced with an especially high-energy class. You can also use rethink as a noun: "I need to have a quick rethink about what I'll have for lunch, since the cafeteria is out of French fries." WORD FAMILYrethink: rethinking, rethinks, rethought+/forethought: forethoughtful, forethoughts/forethoughtful: forethoughtfully, unforethoughtful/think: rethink, thinkable, thinker, thinking, thinks, thought/thinkable: thinkably, unthinkable/thinker: thinkers/thinking: thinkingly, thinkings, unthinking/thought: forethought, thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughts, unthought/thoughtful: thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, unthoughtful/thoughtfulness: thoughtfulnesses/thoughtless: thoughtlessly, thoughtlessness/thoughtlessness: thoughtlessnesses/unthinkable: unthinkably/unthinking: unthinkingly/unthoughtful: unthoughtfully, unthoughtfulness USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s why, this year, our resolutions need to be rethought. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Leaps in screen technology and software will pave the biggest rethinking in years. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) In July this year, the Brazilian government rejected calls from two US anthropologists to rethink its policy of contact. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) 1v change one's mind He rethought his decision to take a vacation Hypo|Hyper backpedal modify one's opinion, make it less strong about-facechange one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint believe, conceive, consider, think judge or regard; look upon; judge 2n thinking again about a choice previously made Syn|Hyper afterthought, reconsideration, second thought change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
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