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VERB
重寫;改寫;重新修訂
If someone rewrites a piece of writing such as a book, an article, or a law, they write it in a different way in order to improve it.
例句
Following this critique, students rewrite their papers and submit them for final evaluation...
學(xué)生們遵照這一評語修改了他們的論文，并交上去進行最后的評審。
The script was rewritten constantly during filming.
在拍攝期間，劇本一直在進行修改。
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VERB
改寫，篡改(歷史)
If you accuse a government of rewriting history, you are criticizing them for selecting and presenting particular historical events in a way that suits their own purposes.
例句
We have always been an independent people, no matter how they rewrite history...
不管他們?nèi)绾未鄹臍v史，我們一直都是一個獨立的民族。
As Orwell pointed out, history can be and often is rewritten to suit the needs of the present.
正如奧威爾指出的那樣，歷史能夠而且經(jīng)常被改寫以迎合當(dāng)下的需要。
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VERB
改寫，刷新(紀錄)
When journalists say that a sports player has rewritten the record books or the history books, they mean that the player has broken a record or several records.
例句
...the extraordinary West Country team that have rewritten all the record books in those three years...
在此3年間刷新了所有紀錄的超級西南球隊
Kournikova is poised to rewrite the tennis history books.
庫爾尼科娃決心改寫網(wǎng)球史。
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N-COUNT
(對劇本等的)改寫，修改
In the film and television industries, a rewrite is the writing of parts of a film again in order to improve it.
例句
Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.
只有經(jīng)過了無數(shù)次修改后，約翰才認為劇本寫好了。