repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( repeating, repeated, repeats )

• 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. 重复; 重说; 重写

  例：

  He repeated that he had been misquoted.

  他反复地说他的话被错误地引用了。

  例：

  She repeated her call yesterday for an investigation into the incident.

  她昨天反复要求对那起事件进行调查。

• 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. 照着说; 照着写; 把…告诉别人

  例：

  She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her.

  她有个令人恼火的毛病，就是把我对她说的每一件事都告诉别人。

  例：

  I trust you not to repeat that to anyone else.

  我相信你不会把这事告诉别人。

• 3. 

  V-T If you repeat yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake. (常指失误造成的) 反复地讲

  例：

  He spoke well to begin with, but then started rambling and repeating himself.

  开始他说得很好，但是后来开始闲扯，一句话翻来覆去地讲。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you repeat an action, you do it again. 再做; 重做

  例：

  The next day I repeated the procedure.

  第二天我重复了这个程序。

  例：

  Move the leg up and down several times and rotate the foot. Repeat on the right leg.

  把腿上下移动几次并转动脚。然后换右腿重做一遍。

• 5. 

  V-T If an event or series of events repeats itself, it happens again. 再次发生; 重演

  例：

  The UN will have to work hard to stop history from repeating itself.

  联合国必须努力工作以阻止历史重演。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again. (尤指不受欢迎的事情的) 重演

  例：

  There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.

  有人担心去年的罢工或许会重演。

• 7. 

  ADJ If a company gets repeat business or repeat customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again. (顾客) 回头的; (生意) 回头客的 [商业] [ADJ n]

  例：

  Nearly 60% of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation.

  我们近60％的预订来自于回头客生意或个人推荐。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (电视或电台节目的) 重播

  例：

  There's nothing except sports and repeats on TV.

  电视上只有一些体育节目和重播节目。