re·it·er·ate
verb/riˈɪtəreɪt/
/riˈɪtəreɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reiterate | /riˈɪtəreɪt/ /riˈɪtəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it reiterates | /riˈɪtəreɪts/ /riˈɪtəreɪts/ |
| past simple reiterated | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle reiterated | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form reiterating | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to repeat something that you have already said, especially to emphasize it
反复地说；重申 - reiterate something to reiterate an argument/a demand/an offer
重申论点；重复一项要求／建议 - The government has reiterated its commitment to economic reform.
政府已重申改革经济的决心。 - reiterate that… Let me reiterate that we are fully committed to this policy.
我再说一遍，我们对这项政策是全力以赴、坚定不移的。 - + speech ‘I said “money”,’ he reiterated.
“我说的是 '钱'。” 他重申道。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryReiterate is used with these nouns as the object:- argument
- importance
- point
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘do an action repeatedly’): from Latin reiterat- ‘gone over again’, from the verb reiterare, from re- ‘again’ + iterare ‘do a second time’. - reiterate something to reiterate an argument/a demand/an offer