reinvent
verb [ T ] uk/ˌriː.ɪnˈvent/ us/ˌriː.ɪnˈvent/
（在已有事物的基础上）重新创造，改造
to produce something new that is based on something that already exists
The story of Romeo and Juliet was reinvented as a Los Angeles gangster movie. 罗密欧和朱丽叶的故事被改编成了一部洛杉矶黑帮题材电影。
reinvent yourself （通过改换工作或形象、行为方式而）改造自己，洗心革面，换个活法
to change your job and/or the way you look and behave so that you seem very different
reinvent yourself as He's one of those sportsmen who reinvent themselves as TV presenters. 他是那些半路出家做电视节目主持人的运动员之一。
Having reinvented herself as a country singer, she then went on tour with her band.
In the same decade, she reinvented herself as a talk show host.
I wanted to go somewhere where no one knew me and reinvent myself.
He reinvented himself as a journalist-novelist.
His attempts to reinvent himself as a politician failed.
Idiom
reinvent the wheelidiom 重复发明;无谓地重复;浪费时间做无用功
to waste time trying to create something that someone else has already created