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/ˌriːɪnˈvent/ |
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| to change something that already exists and give it a different form or purpose 彻底改造 |
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- | reinvent the wheel informal |
| to waste time and effort trying to do something that someone else has already done well |
| 重复劳动;白费力 |
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- | reinvent yourself |
| to change the way you behave or the things that you do so that people think of you as a different kind of person |
| 重塑自我 |
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DERIVED WORD |
reinvention noun C/U |
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/ˌriːɪnˈvenʃn/ |
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