repeats; repeated; repeating
repeats; repeated; repeating
Learner's definition of REPEAT
1 [+ object]
a : to say (something) again重复一遍;重说 -
Will you repeat the question?你能重复一遍问题吗?
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He kept repeating the same thing over and over.他一遍又一遍地重复着同一件事。
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He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf.他经常不得不让人重说一遍,因为他有点耳聋。
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The group's message is one that bears repeating. [=is important enough to state more than once]这个团体的宗旨值得一再重复。
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sometimes used in speech to emphasize a word or phrase有时用于口语,强调某个单词或短语 b : to say (something) after someone else has said it复述;跟着说 -
Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”跟着我说:“我承诺竭尽所能…”
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You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.你只是用意思稍有不同的词来复述别人已经说过的话而已。
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[+ object] : to say (something that you have memorized) : recite背诵 3
[+ object] : to tell (something that you have heard) to someone else转述;转告 4
a : to make, do, or achieve (something) again重做;再次达到 [+ object]
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The doctors had to repeat the operation.医生们不得不重新做这台手术。
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We need to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.我们需要避免重蹈覆辙。
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I'm not so sure the team can repeat the success they had last season.我不太确定这支队能否续写他们上个赛季的辉煌。
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I had trouble in school when I was young and had to repeat (the) third grade. [=I had to stay in the third grade for another year]我小时候学习不太好,三年级时还不得不留级一年。
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She's been absent so much that she is going to have to repeat her sophomore year.她缺课太多,不得不在大学二年级留级一年。
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They won the championship last year. Will history repeat itself this year? [=will the same thing happen again?; will they win the championship again this year?]去年他们赢得了冠军。今年历史还会重演吗?
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(US) b [+ object] : to present (something) again重演;重播;使再现 -
The workshop will be repeated in the fall.研讨会将于秋季再次举办。
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The radio station broadcasts the show live on Saturday mornings, and then repeats it on Wednesday nights.这个节目每周六早上在无线电台现场直播,每周三晚上重播。
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[no object] : to begin again重新开始;再次发生
repeat yourself
: to say again what you have already said重复;重说 2 repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ /ˈriːˌpiːt/ noun plural repeats
/rɪˈpiːt/ /ˈriːˌpiːt/
noun
plural repeats
Learner's definition of REPEAT
[count]
1
a : an occurrence in which something happens or is done again重复;重做 —
usually + of b : something that happens or is done again重演的事物;重复的行动 —
usually used before another noun通常用于另一名词前 c : someone who does something again重复做(某事)的人 —
usually used before another noun通常用于另一名词前 2
: a radio or television show that is broadcast again(广播、电视的)重播节目 3
music : a section of music that is repeated
also : the symbol in written music that shows that a section should be repeated重复段;反复记号