re·cur·rent
adjective/rɪˈkʌrənt/
/rɪˈkɜːrənt/
- that happens again and again
反复出现的；重复发生的 - recurrent infections
重复感染 - recurrent costs
经常性费用 - Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.
贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRecurrent is used with these nouns:- attack
- dream
- episode
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a nerve of blood vessel turning back in order to reverse direction): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere, from re- ‘again, back’ + currere ‘run’. - recurrent infections