repeat
verb
uk/rɪˈpiːt/us/rɪˈpiːt/A2[T]
to say ortellpeoplesomething more thanonce:
重复;重说Would youmindrepeating what you just said?您能重复一遍刚才您讲的话吗?
Please don't repeat what I've just told youtoanyoneelse.请不要把我刚才对你所说的话告诉任何人。
[+ that]She repeatedthatshe had nointentionofrunningforpresident.她重申没有竞选总统的打算。
A2[IorT]
tohappen, or to do something, more thanonce:
重做;重复Thetestmust be repeated severaltimes.这个试验一定要重复多做几次。
This is anoffernever to be repeated.如不接受这个报价,以后就再也没有这样的机会了。
Johnny had to repeat ayear/classatschool.约翰尼不得不留级一年/留级。
Somehistoriansthinkthathistoryrepeats itself.有些历史学家认为历史会重演。
repeat yourself
to say the same thing again, or the same things again and again:
重复说;翻来覆去地说同样的事情Hisspeechwasdreadful- he justkeptrepeating himself.他的演讲令人生厌——他只是翻来覆去地重复那一点儿内容。
- Sorry, could you repeat that? This is a verybadconnection.
- Don'tmixup thebottles- you'll have to repeat theexperimentif you do.
- Themedicaltestswereinconclusive, and will need to be repeated.
- Ifindmyselfendlesslyrepeating the samephrases.
- Are wedoomedto repeat themistakesof the past?
Saying again
- dinsomethingintosomeone
- drill
- drum
- drumsomethingintosomeone
- flog
- flogyourselfto deathidiom
- hammer
- iterate
- labour
- labour the pointidiom
- reaffirm
- rehearse
- relay
- rephrase
- restate
- restatement
- retell
- retread
- retweet
- run over/throughsomething
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Repeating an action
Phrasal verb
repeat onsomeone
repeat
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈpiːt/us/rɪˈpiːt/asituationin which somethinghappensor is done more thanonce:
重现;重复;重做All this is a repeat/a repeatperformanceof whathappenedlastyear.这完全是去年发生的事件的重演。
atelevisionorradioprogrammethat isbroadcastagain:
(电视或电台的)节目重播There's nothing but repeats ontelevisionthesedays.这些天电视净回放以前的节目。
Repeating an action
- be at it againidiom
- be/sound like a broken recordidiom
- binge-watch
- bingeable
- blitz
- drill
- go through
- Groundhog Day
- here
- here we go (again)idiom
- iterative
- rep
- repetitive
- replicable
- reprise
- reproduce
- reproducible
- reread
- rerun
- rewrite
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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts