repeat1/rIˋpit; rIˈpiːt/v [T]1 to say or do something again 重说﹔重做: Sally kept repeating, ‘It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me.’ 莎莉不停地说着﹐“不是我﹐不是我。”You’ll have to repeat the course. 你得重读这门课程。repeat yourself (=say something that you have said before, usually by mistake) 重复自己说过的话 Elderly people tend to repeat themselves. 老年人总爱重复自己说过的话。COMMUNICATION 交际用法asking someone to repeat what they said 请人重复他们说过的话Sorry?/Pardon?/Excuse me? 对不起?/什么?/对不起﹐你说什么?What? informal 【非正式】什么?I didn’t quite catch that 我听得不太清楚。Could you repeat that?/Would you mind repeating that? formal 【正式】你能再说一遍吗?/请你再说一遍好吗?2 to say something that you have heard someone else say 转述〔别人的话〕: repeat sth to sb Please don’t repeat this to anyone. 这话请不要再跟任何人说。
repeat2n 1 [singular 单数] a situation or event that has happened before [→ repetition]〔情况或事件的〕重演﹐重现: +of Are you expecting a repeat of last year's trouble? 你认为还会再碰到去年的麻烦吗?It was a terrible journey – I hope we don’t have a repeat performance (=have the same thing happen again) on the way home. 这趟旅程真糟糕—我希望回家的路上不会再发生这样的事。2 [C] especially BrE a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before [ rerun AmE 【美】]【尤英】重播的电视[广播]节目