rehash (rehashing,rehashed,rehashes)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new. 重复; 老调重弹 [usu sing, N 'of' n] [表不满]

  例：

  The critic found the play "a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes."

  评论家们认为这部剧“是大家熟悉的米勒式主题的拙劣翻版”。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you say that someone rehashes old ideas, facts, or accusations, you disapprove of the fact that they present them in a slightly different way so that they seem new or original. 只作轻微改动; 换汤不换药[表不满]

  例：

  They've taken some of the best parts out of the best things and rehashed them.

  他们提取了精华中的精华，然后对其稍加改动。