repeat

1. V-T If you repeat something, you say or write it again. You can say I repeat to show that you feel strongly about what you are repeating. 重復(fù); 重說(shuō); 重寫(xiě)

He repeated that he had been misquoted. 他反復(fù)地說(shuō)他的話被錯(cuò)誤地引用了。

She repeated her call yesterday for an investigation into the incident. 她昨天反復(fù)要求對(duì)那起事件進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

2. V-T If you repeat something that someone else has said or written, you say or write the same thing, or tell it to another person. 照著說(shuō); 照著寫(xiě); 把…告訴別人

She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her. 她有個(gè)令人惱火的毛病，就是把我對(duì)她說(shuō)的每一件事都告訴別人。

I trust you not to repeat that to anyone else. 我相信你不會(huì)把這事告訴別人。

3. V-T If you repeat yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake. (常指失誤造成的) 反復(fù)地講

He spoke well to begin with, but then started rambling and repeating himself. 開(kāi)始他說(shuō)得很好，但是后來(lái)開(kāi)始閑扯，一句話翻來(lái)覆去地講。

4. V-T/V-I If you repeat an action, you do it again. 再做; 重做

The next day I repeated the procedure. 第二天我重復(fù)了這個(gè)程序。

Move the leg up and down several times and rotate the foot. Repeat on the right leg. 把腿上下移動(dòng)幾次并轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)腳。然后換右腿重做一遍。

5. V-T If an event or series of events repeats itself, it happens again. 再次發(fā)生; 重演

The UN will have to work hard to stop history from repeating itself. 聯(lián)合國(guó)必須努力工作以阻止歷史重演。

6. N-COUNT If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again. (尤指不受歡迎的事情的) 重演

There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes. 有人擔(dān)心去年的罷工或許會(huì)重演。

7. ADJ If a company gets repeat business or repeat customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again. (顧客) 回頭的; (生意) 回頭客的[商業(yè)] [ADJ n]

Nearly 60% of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation. 我們近60％的預(yù)訂來(lái)自于回頭客生意或個(gè)人推薦。

8. N-COUNT A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (電視或電臺(tái)節(jié)目的) 重播

There's nothing except sports and repeats on TV. 電視上只有一些體育節(jié)目和重播節(jié)目。