repetition

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR If there is a repetition of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again. (尤指令人不快的事情) 重演
Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation. 今天市政府已經(jīng)采取了措施來防止去年的沖突重演。
2. N-VAR Repetition means using the same words again. 重復(fù)的語句
He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages. 他本來也可以刪掉很多重復(fù)的語句，省去很多頁數(shù)。

We hope to avoid a repetition of last year's fiasco .
We don't want a repetition of yesterday's scenes .
The job involved the endless repetition of two or three simple tasks .
Try to avoid unnecessary repetition when stating your points .
His speeches show a marked preference for repetition, that tedious rhetorical device .