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单词 recite
释义
recite
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v

You are showing off your ability to recite, or repeat aloud from memory, when you say the entire text of "The Gettysburg Address" or name all the past winners of your town’s asparagus eating contest.
Recite entered the English language as a legal term but is now more often used in the realms of education, literature, and religion. Children in school may be assigned a famous poem to recite in front of the class or be tested on how well they can recite their multiplication tables. In many religious traditions, being able to recite passages of sacred texts is an important part of practicing the religion.
WORD FAMILY
recite: recital, recitation, recited, reciter, recites, reciting+/recital: recitalist, recitals/recitalist: recitalists/recitation: recitations/reciter: reciters
USAGE EXAMPLES
On Sunday, a dozens of people gathered on a street corner to recite the names of the victims in what’s become an annual gathering.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Verbal rehearsal of material—the shopping list you recite as you walk the aisles of a supermarket—is part of our working memory system.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
When two students at the University of Oklahoma triggered a storm by reciting a racist chant, one of their parents issued a public apology.
BBC(Dec 30, 2016)
1v repeat aloud from memory
she recited a poem
The pupil recited his lesson for the day
Hypo|Hyper
spell, spell out
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
say
recite or repeat a fixed text
rattle down, rattle off, reel off, roll off, spiel off
recite volubly or extravagantly
count
name or recite the numbers in ascending order
misspell
spell incorrectly
count down
count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example
echo, repeat
to say again or imitate
2v recite in elocution
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
declaim
elocute
declaim in an elocutionary manner
perorate
deliver an oration in grandiloquent style
scan
read metrically
do, execute, perform
carry out or perform an action
3v render verbally, "recite a poem"
Syn|Hyper
retell
re-create
create anew
4v narrate or give a detailed account of
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
narrate, recount, tell
relate
give an account of
crack
tell spontaneously
yarn
tell or spin a yarn
rhapsodise, rhapsodize
recite a rhapsody
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
5v specify individually
The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
enumerate, itemise, itemize
list, name
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
identify, name
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
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