词汇 | redefine |
释义 | redefine verb[ T ] uk /ˌriː.dɪˈfaɪn/ us /ˌriː.dɪˈfaɪn/ to change the meaning of something or to make people think about something in a new or different way: 重新定义;使人们重新看待 Social networking has redefined the meaning of "friend".社交媒体重新定义了“朋友”的概念。 We want to redefine the way people look at mental illness.我们想要使人们重新看待精神疾病。 Changing about-face about-turn alterable altered alternate churn disturb make an about-turn make something into something malleable meta metamorphose morph pervert rollback rotation rotational sanitization semi-domesticated transcribe redefine | American Dictionaryredefine verb[ T ] us/ˌri·dɪˈfɑɪn/ to give something a new meaning: Researchers have called for the government to redefine dietary guidelines. redefine | Business Englishredefine verb[ T ] uk /ˌriːdɪˈfaɪn/us to change the way you think about a situation or activity because of new developments or ideas: The whole concept of "retirement" has been redefined in recent years. Public service broadcasting needs to be assessed and redefined in the multi-channel digital world. redefine a business/industry/marketThe bank is in the process of redefining the business of its troubled investment-banking subsidiary. redefine a role/relationship/approachA company that redefines its sales approach without giving its staff the tools to support the new approach can find itself in a worse position than if it had done nothing at all. redefine what/how, etc.Technology has redefined how people make decisions. Examples of redefineredefine Archaeological interpretation plays its role in redefining global debates regarding past and present. Once adopted, policies redefine agendas and their results determine the future actions of decision-makers, interest groups or the public as a whole. Another approach is to redefine the morpheme, retaining the notion of minimal unit, but eliminating the requirement that it be meaningful. Detection/nondetection models were applied after redefining the sample unit, given that with only 11 'sites' (= transects) it is difficult to say much about occupancy. What is successfully presented for consumption by outsiders also redefines the parameters of legitimacy and authenticity for indigenous audiences. This scenario does not suggest spatial diffusion, but rather a watershed round of elections that redefined the electoral landscape for years to come. A critical election following the formation of the new party may at once redefine and consolidate the contours of the local electoral landscape. This is a key theme : the process through which the meanings of spirituality and its place in political cultures were constantly negotiated and redefined. When any sound is potentially musical, the actual musical value of a sound is redefined within each composition, and its identity is constantly reinvented. As a result, problems were redefined making reform more likely. Individual differences in early vocabulary development : redefining the referential-expressive distinction. As such, they do not contain that element of instability which enables us to redefine peace time and again, as the institutions of war mutate. The younger generation not only challenged traditional patterns of daily journalistic practice, but tried to redefine the values and the mission of the profession. Whether the ongoing process of redefining citizenship will in fact extend beyond the boundaries of the market and charity relations is yet to be seen. In the course of creating transnational relationships, citizenship, representation and the role of the stakeholders may be redefined. See all examples of redefine These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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