| 单词 | repetitive |
| 释义 | repetitive (once / 11611 pages) adj Something that is repetitive involves doing the same thing over and over again. If you get bored running on a treadmill daily, you might try something less repetitive, like playing soccer outdoors. Anything you do repeatedly, especially when it's boring, can be described using the adjective repetitive. Jobs like loading and unloading a dishwasher, filing papers, and cleaning a bathroom can all feel repetitive when you have to do them regularly. A story your dad tells every time you have guests for dinner is repetitive, and a droning song that repeats the same chorus again and again is repetitive too. WORD FAMILYrepetitive: nonrepetitive, repetitively, repetitiveness+/repeat: repeatable, repeated, repeater, repeating, repeats, repetition, repetitive/repeatable: unrepeatable/repeated: repeatedly/repeater: repeaters/repeating: repeatings/repetition: repetitions, repetitious/repetitious: repetitiously, repetitiousness USAGE EXAMPLESEven when the text seems repetitive, there’s value in such incremental updates. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The medical examiner said that the infant suffered “vigorous and repetitive shaking” and ruled the death a homicide. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The airline also will retain an expert on repetitive stress injuries to evaluate injury risks. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj repetitive and persistent Syn insistent continual occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series 2adj characterized by repetition repetitive movement Syn|Ant repetitious iterative, reiterative marked by iteration nonrepetitive marked by the absence of repetition |
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