repeat — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Động từ

1. To do or say again (and again).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.

   I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!

   Thêm ví dụ (3)

   I don't mind talking about the incident, but one gets tired of repeating themself after the hundredth time.

   When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.

   From Berlin and Tokyo and Rome, we have been described as a nation of weaklings- playboys- who would hire British soldiers or Russian soldiers or Chinese soldiers to do our fighting for us. Let them repeat that now. Let them tell that to General McArthur and his men. Let them tell that to the sailors who today are hitting hard in the far waters of the Pacific. Let them tell that to the boys in the Flying Fortresses. Let them tell that to the Marines.

2. To refill (a prescription).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

3. To happen again; recur.

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ

   Ví dụ

   A day like that has not yet repeated itself.

4. To echo the words of (a person).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.

5. To strike the hours, as a watch does.

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ

6. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

   Cách dùng

   • không còn dùng

   Ví dụ

   He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.

7. To repay or refund (an excess received).

   Cách dùng

   • Scotland

8. To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

   Ví dụ

   Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.

   Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.

9. To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

Danh từ

1. An iteration; a repetition.

   Ví dụ

   We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   "You have just sent a telegram to Brookbend Cottage," he said to the young lady behind the brasswork lattice. "We think it may have come inaccurately and should like a repeat."

2. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.

3. A refill of a prescription.

4. A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).

5. A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

Danh từ

1. an event that repeats

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   repetition

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   periodic eventrecurrent event

   Ví dụ

   the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Động từ

1. to say, state, or perform again

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   reiterateingeminateiteraterestateretell

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   tell

   Ví dụ

   She kept reiterating her request

2. make or do or perform again

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   duplicatereduplicatedoublereplicate

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   reproduce

   Ví dụ

   He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

3. happen or occur again

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   recur

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   happenhapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outcome abouttake place

   Ví dụ

   This is a recurring story

4. to say again or imitate

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   echo

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   utteremitlet outlet loose

   Ví dụ

   followers echoing the cries of their leaders

5. do over

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   take over

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   actmove

   Ví dụ

   They would like to take it over again

6. repeat an earlier theme of a composition

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   reprisereprizerecapitulate

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   playspiel