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recast

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Media, Performing
re·cast /ˌriːˈkɑːst $ -ˈkæst/ verb (past tense and past participle recast) [transitive]  1 MAKEto give something a new shape or a new form of organization 重铸;重塑;重组 an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language 用不太正式的语言改写声明的尝试2. AMAPto give parts in a play or film to different actors 更换〔戏剧、电影中的〕演员,重新安排〔角色〕recasting noun [countable, uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
recastThe sociological models described so far needed to be recast.Without exception, their names had been changed and their commitments recast after the Communist Revolution.The substantive powers of the Weimar President have been recast and redistributed.It forces the investigator to recast his ideas from the beginning.Susan intuited that the Dream was evolving fast, recasting its inhabitants, twisting its externals.A fundamental shift in the emerging essence of the fishnet organization is the recasting of problems as dilemmas.Brennan has worked diligently to recast the company's image.
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recast
recast /ˌriːˈkɑːst $ -ˈkæst/ verb (past tense and past participle recast) [transitive]
1. to give something a new shape or a new form of organization:
    an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language
2. to give parts in a play or film to different actors
—recasting noun [uncountable and countable]


re·castBrE /ˌriːˈkɑːst/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈkæst/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they recast BrE /ˌriːˈkɑːst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈkæst/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it recasts BrE /ˌriːˈkɑːsts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈkæsts/ 🔊past simple recast BrE /ˌriːˈkɑːst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈkæst/ 🔊past participle recast BrE /ˌriːˈkɑːst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈkæst/ 🔊 -ing form recasting BrE /ˌriːˈkɑːstɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌriːˈkæstɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (as sth) to change sth by organizing or presenting it in a different way 改动;重组;改写She recast her lecture as a radio talk. 她把讲稿修改成了一篇广播讲话。🔊🔊~ sb (as sth) to change the actors or the role of a particular actor in a play, etc. 重新安排(演员阵容);改变(演员角色)