| 单词 | iterate |
| 释义 | iterate (once / 796 pages) v To iterate is to repeat, as in to say or perform something again. If you loved the high school drama club’s performance of the “Three Little Pigs,” encourage them to iterate the musical so you can see it again. And again. Iterate comes from the Latin word iterare for "do again, repeat.” Iterate is a transitive verb, so you have to iterate something. A successful play or concert will usually iterate a performance, so more people can see it. People often iterate a point, by repeating, they hope others will understand it better. Politicians often iterate key points. The word reiterate is more familiar, and means something very similar — to repeat something for emphasis. WORD FAMILYiterate: iterated, iterates, iterating, iteration, iterative, reiterate+/iteration: iterations/iterative: iteratively/reiterate: reiterated, reiterates, reiterating, reiteration, reiterative/reiteration: reiterations USAGE EXAMPLES“We’ve got to be able to iterate rapidly and have them made exactly how we want them.” Los Angeles Times(Oct 28, 2016) Forgive the drama, but that is where the UX of the future of humanity is being designed, and iterated on, as we speak. New York Times(Oct 25, 2016) “You’re iterating over and over to get to the final frame.” Seattle Times(Sep 30, 2016) 1v to say, state, or perform again Syn|Hypo|Hyper ingeminate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell perseverate psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus dittorepeat an action or statement dwell, harpcome back to interpret, render, translaterestate (words) from one language into another language paraphrase, rephrase, rewordexpress the same message in different words resume, sum up, summarise, summarizegive a summary (of) cite, quoterepeat a passage from retranslatetranslate again mistranslatetranslate incorrectly glossprovide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase Latinizetranslate into Latin translateexpress, as in simple and less technical language abstractgive an abstract (of) precismake a summary (of) docketmake a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list recap, recapitulatesummarize briefly misquotequote incorrectly tell let something be known 2v run or be performed again the function iterates Hyper recur, repeat happen or occur again |
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