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; 重說; 重寫

He repeated that he had been misquoted. 他反復地說他的話被錯誤地引用了。

She repeated her call yesterday for an investigation into the incident. 她昨天反復要求對那起事件進行調查。

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; 照著寫; 把…告訴別人

She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her. 她有個令人惱火的毛病，就是把我對她說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) 反復地講

He spoke well to begin with, but then started rambling and repeating himself. 開始他說得很好，但是后來開始閑扯，一句話翻來覆去地講。

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. 第二天我重復了這個程序。

Move the leg up and down several times and rotate the foot. Repeat on the right leg. 把腿上下移動幾次并轉動腳。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. 有人擔心去年的罷工或許會重演。

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％的預訂來自于回頭客生意或個人推薦。

8. N-COUNT A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (電視或電臺節(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。