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

repeatverb

uk/rɪˈpiːt/us/rɪˈpiːt/

A2 [ T ] to say or tell people something more than once:

Would you mind repeating what you just said?

Please don't repeat what I've just told you to anyone else.

[ + that ] She repeated that she had no intention of running for president.

A2 [ I or T ] to happen, or to do something, more than once:

The test must be repeated several times.

This is an offer never to be repeated.

Johnny had to repeat a year/class at school.

Some historians think that history repeats itself.

repeat yourself

to say the same thing again, or the same things again and again:

His speech was dreadful - he just kept repeating himself.

More examples

Sorry, could you repeat that? This is a very bad connection.
Don't mix up the bottles - you'll have to repeat the experiment if you do.
The medical tests were inconclusive, and will need to be repeated.
I find myself endlessly repeating the same phrases.
Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

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Saying again

drum
echo
flog
flog sth to death idiom
go/run around in circles idiom
go/run round in circles idiom
hammer
inculcate
indoctrinate
labour the point idiom
not hear the end/last of sth idiom
parrot-fashion
rake
recapitulate
regurgitate
reiterate
retweet
tautology
trot
wheel

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Repeating an action

Phrasal verb(s)

repeat on sb

repeatnoun [ C ]

uk/rɪˈpiːt/us/rɪˈpiːt/

a situation in which something happens or is done more than once:

All this is a repeat/a repeat performance of what happened last year.

a television or radio programme that is broadcast again:

There's nothing but repeats on television these days.