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单词 repetition
释义
repetition
(repɪtɪʃən )
Word forms: repetitions
1. variable noun
If there is a repetition of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
The government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation. [+ of]
They don't want the repetition of the past mistakes.
2. variable noun
Repetition means using the same words again.
He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.
Synonyms: repeating, redundancy, replication, duplication  
Collocations:
sheer repetition
I like my job, and to the outside world it seems amazing, but they don't see the internal politics and sheer repetition.
Times, Sunday Times
Are they lies if, through sheer repetition, they've taken on a veneer of truth?
Times, Sunday Times
Through sheer repetition, not to mention her habit of recycling ideas and theatrical devices from show to show, they can and do wear out their welcome.
Times, Sunday Times
Rather than learning technique by sheer repetition, this approach seeks to find the simplest and most direct path to connecting with the music through the guitar.
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Translations:
Chinese: 重演尤指令人不快的事情
Japanese: 繰り返し
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