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Repetition Avoid Day N Var 可变名词 Event 英 ˌrepə'Tɪʃn] 美

英语单词 repetition
英美音标 英 [ˌrepə'tɪʃn] 美 [ˌrepə'tɪʃn]
中文释义 n.重复;反复
英语例句 (1) You should avoid unnecessary repetition.
(2) We must avoid the repetition of a mistake.
(3) The story loses a great deal in repetition.
(4) The perfomance improved with each repetition.
中文例句 (1) 你应避免不必要的重复。
(2) 我们必须避免犯同样的错误。
(3) 这个故事由于反复讲述而大为减色了。
(4) 演出每演一场都有改进。
vocabulary简明 Use the noun repetition to describe something that is repeated over and over, like the repetition of singing the alphabet song several times a day to help young children learn the letters.
vocabulary扩展 To correctly pronounce repetition, accent the third syllable: "re-peh-TIH-shun." Repetition and the closely related repeat come from the Latin word repetere, meaning "do or say again." It can be a very effective tool in public speaking, such as the repetition of "I have a dream that one day . . ." in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech.
柯林斯解释
1
[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。

2
[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。

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