英语词汇“repeat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

repeat

释义

verb | noun | adjective

repeatrepeat1 /rɪˈpit/ ●●● S2 W2 verb

ETYMOLOGYrepeat¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from petere to go to, try to find

VERB TABLE

repeat

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	repeat
	he, she, it	repeats
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	repeated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have repeated
	he, she, it	has repeated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had repeated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will repeat
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have repeated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am repeating
	he, she, it	is repeating
	you, we, they	are repeating
Past	I, he, she, it	was repeating
	you, we, they	were repeating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been repeating
	he, she, it	has been repeating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been repeating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be repeating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been repeating

COLLOCATIONS► repeat yourself

The interviewer asked him to repeat himself (=say the same thing again).

► I repeat

Do not, I repeat (=used to emphasize what you are saying), do not leave the area.

► Repeat after me

Repeat after me: “The customer is always right.”

► history repeats itself

If history repeats itself, Taylor could win again this year.

THESAURUS to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written► quote

to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written: He’s always quoting Shakespeare. The doctor was quoted as saying he would not give the vaccine to his children.

► cite

formal to give the exact words of something that has been written, especially in order to support an opinion or prove an idea: The judge cited parts of the U.S. Constitution as he read his decision in court.

► repeat

to tell someone something that someone else has told you, using the same or different words: “He’s planning to bring the contract over at 4:00 p.m.,” she said, repeating what Reynolds had told her.

► recite

to say the words of a poem, speech, or other piece of writing, for example in a ceremony or performance: The children have to memorize and recite patriotic poems.

► parrot

to repeat what someone says or writes in a way that shows you are not thinking for yourself: He is good at parroting what the party leaders say, but he doesn’t have any new ideas.

1SAY AGAIN [transitive] to say something again: I asked him to repeat the question. Sorry, could you repeat that?repeat that Martin kept repeating that he was hungry.repeat yourself The interviewer asked him to repeat himself (=say the same thing again). Do not, I repeat (=used to emphasize what you are saying), do not leave the area.2DO AGAIN [transitive] to do something again: Repeat the exercises twice a day. Todd had to repeat first grade.3TELL [transitive] to tell someone something that someone else has told you: Do you promise you won’t repeat this to anyone?► see thesaurus at quote14IN ORDER TO LEARN [transitive] to say some words that you have heard or read in order to remember or learn them better: She read the address and repeated it several times. Repeat after me: “The customer is always right.”5HAPPEN AGAIN [transitive] if a situation or sequence of events is repeated or repeats itself, it happens again in the same way as something that happened before: The same situation was repeated in the next race. If history repeats itself, Taylor could win again this year.6BROADCAST [transitive often passive] to broadcast a television or radio program again: The awards show will be repeated on Saturday night.7PATTERN [intransitive, transitive] if a pattern repeats or is repeated, it appears the same way several times or in several places: The pattern is repeated on the bedspread and drapes.8repeat yourself to say something that you have already said, usually without realizing that you have done it: Old people tend to repeat themselves.9be worth repeating (also bear repeating) used to say that something is interesting or important enough to say again: One final warning is worth repeating here.[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from petere to go to, try to find]—repeatable adjective → see also repetition

verb | noun | adjective

repeatrepeat2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1an event very like something that happened before: repeat of We simply can’t afford a repeat of last year’s oil spill.2eng. lang. arts a television or radio program that is broadcast again SYN rerun: “Is it a repeat?” “No, it’s a new episode.”3eng. lang. arts the sign (:) at the end of a line of written music that tells the performer to play the music again, or the act of playing the music again

verb | noun | adjective

repeatrepeat3 adjective [only before noun]

COLLOCATIONS► a repeat customer/buyer/guest etc.

(=someone who buys goods or services from the same business they bought from before)

► a repeat offender/violator/rapist etc.

(=someone who does the same crime more than once)

► repeat business

Over half of our profit comes from repeat business.

► repeat performance

I will not tolerate a repeat performance (=I do not want something bad to happen again).

doing something or happening more than one time: a repeat customer/buyer/guest etc. (=someone who buys goods or services from the same business they bought from before)a repeat offender/violator/rapist etc. (=someone who does the same crime more than once) Over half of our profit comes from repeat business. I will not tolerate a repeat performance (=I do not want something bad to happen again).

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