1 VERB 重复;重写 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;重写
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He repeated that he had been misquoted.
他反复说他的话被错误引用了。
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I repeat that medicine is on the brink of a revolution. [VERB that]
我要再次强调，医学面临着变革。
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The Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi repeated his call for the release of hostages. [VERB noun]
利比亚领导人卡扎菲上校反复呼吁释放人质。
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'You fool,' she kept repeating. [VERB with quote]
“你这个傻瓜，”她不断地重复着。
SYN reiterate [formal] , restate, say again, recapitulate
2 VERB 复述;转述 If you repeat something that someone else has said or written, you say or write the same thing, or tell it to another person. 复述;转述
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She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her. [VERB noun]
她有个惹人讨厌的习惯，我跟她说的每一件事她都告诉别人。
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I trust you not to repeat that to anyone else. [VERB noun + to]
我相信你不会把我的话告诉别人。
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Now, brother, repeat after me, 'All praise to Allah, Lord of All the Worlds'. [V + after]
现在，我的兄弟，跟着我说，“至上伟大的真主，全世界的主宰。”
3 VERB 反复说;说话反反复复 If you repeat yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake. 反复说;说话反反复复
4 CONVENTION 再说一次;重申一遍 People sometimes say repeat before saying again a word they have just said, in order to emphasize it or to make sure that people hear it. 再说一次;重申一遍 [formal, emphasis]
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We are not, I repeat, not actually in the negotiating process.
我们不是，我重申一下，实际上不是在进行谈判。
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Find and destroy, repeat destroy, these units.
找到并且销毁，重复一下，销毁这些部件。
5 VERB 重复做(动作) If you repeat an action, you do it again. 重复做(动作)
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The next day I repeated the procedure. [VERB noun]
第二天我重复了这个程序。
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He said Japan would never repeat its mistakes. [VERB noun]
他说日本永远不会再犯同样的错误。
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Hold this position for 30 seconds, release and repeat on the other side. [VERB]
保持这个姿势30秒钟，放松，然后换另一侧重复。
6 VERB 重复发生;再次发生 If an event or series of events repeats itself, it happens again. 重复发生;再次发生 [Also VERB]
7 N-COUNT [usually singular] (通常指令人不快的事件的)再次发生 If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again. (通常指令人不快的事件的)再次发生
8 ADJ [ADJ n] 回头客的;再次光顾的 If a company gets repeat business or repeat customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again. 回头客的;再次光顾的 [business]
9 N-COUNT (电视或广播节目的)重播 A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (电视或广播节目的)重播 [British]
SYN rerun, replay, reproduction, reshowing
in AM, use 美国英语用 re-run
10 PHRASE （通常指令人不快的事件的）再次出现，再次发生 If there is a repeat performance of something, usually something undesirable, it happens again. （通常指令人不快的事件的）再次出现，再次发生
| Thesaurus | repeat Also look up: |
| VERB. | reiterate, restate, retell 1 2 |
| N. | encore, rerun 9 |
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