Repetition ˌrepəˈtɪʃn N Noun Thing N Var 可变名词 Event
The word "repetition" is a noun that refers to the act of doing or saying the same thing multiple times, or an event that happens again, often undesirably. It can be countable or uncountable.
The word "repetition" is a noun that refers to the act of doing or saying the same thing multiple times, or an event that happens again, often undesirably. It can be countable or uncountable.
[N-VAR 可变名词](常指令人不快的事件的)反复发生,重复出现,重演 If there is a repetition of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
[usu N of n]
Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation...
今天市政府已经采取措施,防止去年的冲突重演。
Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.
科林斯想要避免1989年发现囊肿性纤维化致病基因后的那种混乱局面再次出现。
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[N-VAR 可变名词](词语的)重复Repetition means using the same words again.
He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.
他原本也可以砍去许多重复的内容,从而缩减许多页。
Oxford
repe·ti·tion/ˌrepəˈtɪʃn; NAmEˌrepəˈtɪʃn/noun1[uncountable , countable ]the fact of doing or saying the same thing many times 重复;重做;重说◆learning by repetition通过重复来学习2[countable ]a thing that has been done or said before 重做的事;重说的话◆We do not want to see a repetition of last year's tragic events.我们不想看到去年的悲剧重演。repetitionrepetitionsrepe·ti·tion/ˌrepəˈtɪʃn; NAmEˌrepəˈtɪʃn/
LDC
repetitionrep‧e‧ti‧tion /ˌrepəˈtɪʃən/ ●●○ noun
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1[uncountable] doing or saying the same thing many timesrepetition of The job involved the constant repetition of the same movements. Children used to learn by repetition.2[countable, uncountable] something that happens again, especially something badrepetition of a repetition of the same problem
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repetition
[ˌrepəˈtɪʃn]
CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFLIELTS
n5895
4154
173
349
1350
273
2009
NOUN7815
85803
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13568917
重复(87%),反复(13%)
n.重复;背诵;副本
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