[VERB 动词]机械重复 If you say that someone is regurgitating ideas or facts, you mean that they are repeating them without understanding them properly.
[V n]
[disapproval]
You can get sick to death of a friend regurgitating her partner's opinions.
对于一个只会机械地重复其搭档观点的朋友,你可能会无比腻烦。
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[VERB 动词]反刍;使(食物)回涌 If a person or animal regurgitates food, they bring it back up from their stomach before it has been digested.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
Sometimes he regurgitates the food we give him because he cannot swallow.
有时他会倒嚼我们喂给他吃的食物,因为他无法吞咽。
Oxford
re·gur·gi·tate/rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪteɪt; NAmErɪˈɡɜːrdʒɪteɪt/verb1regurgitatesth ( formal) to bring food that has been swallowed back up into the mouth again 使(咽下的食物)返回到口中;反刍2regurgitatesth ( disapproving) to repeat sth you have heard or read without really thinking about it or understanding it 照搬;照本宣科▶re·gur·gi·ta·tionregurgitationregurgitations/rɪˌɡɜːdʒɪˈteɪʃn; NAmErɪˌɡɜːrdʒɪˈteɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]regurgitateregurgitatesregurgitatedregurgitatingre·gur·gi·tate/rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪteɪt; NAmErɪˈɡɜːrdʒɪteɪt/re·gur·gi·ta·tion/rɪˌɡɜːdʒɪˈteɪʃn; NAmErɪˌɡɜːrdʒɪˈteɪʃn/
1to bring food that you have already swallowed, back into your mouth → vomit: Some birds and animals regurgitate food to feed their young.2to repeat facts, ideas etc that you have read or heard without thinking about them yourself – used to show disapproval: She tries to get students to think critically, not just regurgitate facts.—regurgitation /rɪˌɡɜːdʒɪˈteɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]
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