a·naph·o·ra
noun/əˈnæfərə/
/əˈnæfərə/
[uncountable]- (grammar) the use of a word that refers to or replaces another word used earlier in a sentence, for example the use of ‘does’ in the sentence ‘I disagree and so does John’
Topics Languagec2逆向照应(下文的词返指或代替上文的词) - (specialist) the act of repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or clauses that follow each other, done for emphasis
Topics Languagec2回指:在紧接着的句子或从句的开头重复一个单词或短语的行为,为强调
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, ‘repetition’, from ana- ‘back’ + pherein ‘to bear’.