新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

repeat

英  [rɪˈpiːt]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1(顾客)回头的 , (生意)回头客的

    If a company gets repeat business or repeat customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again.

    双语例句

    例:

    Nearly 60 of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation.

    我们近60%的预订来自于回头客生意或个人推荐。

    NOUN. 名词
  • repeats

    1[C 可数名词] (尤指不受欢迎的事情的)重演

    If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.

    近义词

    repetition

    双语例句

    例:

    There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.

    有人担心去年的罢工或许会重演。

    2[C 可数名词] (电视或电台节目的)重播

    A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before.

    双语例句

    例:

    There's nothing except sport and repeats on TV.

    电视上只有一些体育节目和重播节目。

    VERB. 动词
  • repeats , repeating , repeated

    1[T 及物动词] 重复 , 重说 , 重写

    If you repeat something, you say or write it again. You can say I repeat to show that you feel strongly about what you are repeating.

    近义词

    reiterate , restate

    双语例句

    例:

    He repeated that he had been misquoted.

    他反复说他的话被错误地引用了。

    例:

    She repeated her call yesterday for an investigation into the incident.

    她昨天反复要求对那起事件进行调查。

    例:

    The Libyan leader repeated his call for the release of hostages.

    这位利比亚领导人反复呼吁,要求释放人质。

    2[T 及物动词] 照着说 , 照着写 , 把…告诉别人

    If you repeat something that someone else has said or written, you say or write the same thing, or tell it to another person.

    双语例句

    例:

    She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her.

    她有个令人恼火的毛病,就是把我对她说的每一件事都告诉别人。

    例:

    I trust you not to repeat that to anyone else.

    我相信你不会把这事告诉别人。

    3[T 及物动词] (常指失误造成的)反复地讲

    If you repeat yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake.

    双语例句

    例:

    He spoke well to begin with, but then started rambling and repeating himself.

    开始他说得很好,但是后来开始闲扯,说话来回重复。

    4[I 不及物动词] 再做 , 重做

    If you repeat an action, you do it again.

    双语例句

    例:

    The next day I repeated the procedure.

    第二天我重复了这个程序。

    例:

    Move the leg up and down several times and rotate the foot. Repeat on the right leg.

    把腿上下移动几次并转动脚。然后换右腿重做一遍。

    例:

    He said Japan would never repeat its mistakes.

    他说日本永远不会再犯同样的错误。

    5[T 及物动词] 再次发生 , 重演

    If an event or series of events repeats itself, it happens again.

    双语例句

    例:

    The UN will have to work hard to stop history from repeating itself.

    联合国必须努力工作以阻止历史重演。