repeat

repeat
verb

[reporting verb]say again something one has already said
重说，重申
[with direct speech]‘Are you hurt? ’he repeated.
“你伤着没有？”他再次问道。
[with obj.]Billy repeated his question.
比利重复了他的问题。
[with clause]the landlady repeated that she was being very lenient with him.
女房东一再说她对他特别宽容。
■say again (something said or written by someone else)
照着说，跟着说
he repeated the words after me.
他跟着我念这些词。
[with clause]she repeated what I'd said.
她重复了我说过的话。
■(repeat oneself)say or do the same thing again
重复
■used for emphasis
再说一次［用于强调］
force was not—repeat, not—to be used.
武力不会——再说一遍，不会——被使用。
[with obj.]do (something) again, either once or a number of times
再做，重复做
earlier experiments were to be repeated on a far larger scale.
先前的实验要被在更大范围内重做。
[as adj. repeated]there were repeated attempts to negotiate.
一次次地试图谈判。
■broadcast (a television or radio programme) again
重播（电视或无线电广播节目）
■undertake (a course or period or instruction) again
重读，重修
Mark had to repeat first and second grades.
马克不得不重读一、二年级。
■(repeat itself)occur again in the same way or form
重复发生，重演
I don't intend to let history repeat itself.
我不想让历史重演。
■[no obj.](US)illegally vote more than once in an election
(美)（选举中违法）重复投票
■[no obj.](N. Amer.)attain a particular success or achievement again, especially by winning a championship for the second consecutive time
(北美)再次成功，两连冠
the first team in nineteen years to repeat as NBA champions.
19年来第一支蝉联NBA冠军的球队。
■[withobj.](of a watch or clock) strike (the last hour or quarter) over again when required
（钟表按要求重复敲响刚敲过的时刻）连打
[no obj.](of food) be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion
（吃下的食物因打嗝或消化不良）在口中留下余味
it sat rather uncomfortably on my stomach and repeated on me for hours.
食物滞留胃中使我很不舒服，并且好几小时在嘴里留有余味。

noun

an action, event, or other thing that occurs or is done again
重复的行动（或事件等）
the final will be a repeat of last year.
决赛（结果）将是去年的翻版。
■a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme
（电视或无线电广播）重播
■[asmodifier]occurring, done, or used more than once
重复，反复
a repeat prescription.
重复开出的药方。
■a consignment of goods similar to one already received
再次运送（同类货物）
■a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface
重复装饰图案
■(Music)a passage intended to be repeated
(乐)反复部分
■a mark indicating this
反复记号

派生
repeatability
noun
repeatable
adjective
repeatedly
adverb
语源

late Middle English: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from re- 'back' + petere 'seek'

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