rethink

rethink — 動詞

1. to examine a plan, opinion, or way of doing things a second time so you can deci

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

重新思考

再次仔細考慮以做出改變

to examine a plan, opinion, or way of doing things a second time so you can decide whether to make changes

例句

Tara decided to rethink her travel plans after the airline cancelled all flights to Tokyo.

Tara 在航空公司取消了所有飛往東京的航班後，決定重新思考她的旅行計畫。

rethink + noun phrase (travel plans)

The school board is rethinking whether standardized tests should still be required for graduation.

學校董事會正在重新思考是否仍應要求學生通過標準化測驗才能畢業。

rethink + whether-clause

同義詞
  • reconsider

    more neutral and slightly less formal; suggests a gentler second look

  • reevaluate

    stronger emphasis on judging value or worth again

  • reassess

    similar to rethink but more analytical, often used in academic or business contexts

反義詞
  • maintain

    to keep a position or plan without changing it

  • uphold

    to support a decision or plan and not change it

文法句型

rethink + noun phrase

rethink + whether/wh-clause

用法筆記

Frequently takes a wh-clause (whether, how, what) as object. In business and policy writing, common with adverbs like 'fundamentally', 'radically', or 'completely'.

常見錯誤

❌I need to rethink about the problem.
✅I need to rethink the problem.
💡'rethink' is transitive and takes a direct object without a preposition.
❌She rethinked her decision.
✅She rethought her decision.
💡'rethink' has the irregular past form 'rethought', not 'rethink-ed'.

rethink — 名詞