recast
英 [ˌriː'kɑːst] 美 [ˌriː'kæst]
v.改动；改变演员阵容；重铸；重作 n.重铸；改变角色
◉词源
约1600年出现，原指“再次投掷”，后1790年起指文学作品“重塑、改写”，1951年起用于戏剧“重新选角”。构词成分：前缀 re-（再次） + 词根 cast（投掷、铸造、分配）。
◉外刊例句
① 《The New York Times》，2020
Marvel would not recast the role out of respect for the actor’s legacy.
漫威出于对这位演员遗产的尊重，不会重新选角该角色。
② 《The Guardian》，2025
Marvel is ready to recast Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in Black Panther.
漫威准备在《黑豹》中重新选角查德维克·博斯曼的T’Challa。
◉经典名著
The story was recast in a modern setting.
这个故事被改写成现代背景。
He recast his thoughts into a new form.
他将想法重新塑造成新形式。
◉Usage Examples
(1) She recast her lecture as a radio talk.
(2) I've been recast as Brutus.
(3) They tried their best to recast a bell.
(1) 她把讲义改动后用作电台的讲话.
(2) 我改演布鲁特斯一角。
(3) 他们尽了自己最大努力重铸了一口钟。
◉Usage Notes
Let's start over. That's what someone might say when he or she needs to recast something, meaning "to make major changes that make something seem very different or even brand new."
When you recast something, you aren’t just improving it slightly — something that is recast typically involves significant changes to the original. As it applies to actors' parts in a movie, television show, or play, to recast a part means finding a different actor to play it. When you recast a metal item, like a piece of jewelry, the item is melted down completely and then remade in a new form. When teachers get blank stares from students, they recast their questions to make them less confusing.
◉柯林斯词典
The form recast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. recast的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。
1. [VERB 动词]重组；重塑；重新安排 If you recast something, you change it by organizing it in a different way. [V n]
The shake-up aims to recast IBM as a federation of flexible and competing subsidiaries.
改组的目标是把IBM重组为一个灵活的、相互竞争的子公司联盟。
recasting
...the recasting of the political map of Europe.
欧洲政治版图的重新整合
2, [VERB 动词]重新选择（角色扮演者）；更换（演员） To recast an actor's role means to give the role to another actor. [V n]
Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.
斯托帕德只好更换4个主要角色的人选。
