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reinvent

verb
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reinvent
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
he / she / it reinvents
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvents/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈvents/
past simple reinvented
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/
past participle reinvented
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/
-ing form reinventing
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪŋ/
🔊/ˌriːɪnˈventɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. reinvent something/yourself (as something) to present yourself/something in a new form or with a new image以新形象示人；以新形式出现
    • The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。🔊🔊
Idioms
reinvent the wheel
  1. to waste time creating something that already exists and works well重复发明；无谓地重复；浪费时间做无用功
    • There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel.我们没有必要重新发明轮子。