repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
英语
~ 1500
义项
0 个义项
动词
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
用法模式：
to repeat [something]
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'repeat' with 'replay' when talking about media. 'Replay' is for playing a recording again, 'repeat' is for saying or doing again in general.
近义词
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
反义词
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
搭配
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
主题
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
例句
- Could you repeat the last sentence, please?
- She repeated the experiment to check the results.
- He repeated his request until someone listened.
- I had to repeat the test because of a mistake.
- The teacher asked him to repeat the answer more clearly.
学习者例句
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
动词
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
常见错误：
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
近义词
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
反义词
cease (Means to stop happening.)
搭配
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
主题
daily life
|core_vocabulary
例句
- The same problem keeps repeating every month.
- History often repeats itself.
- These mistakes should not repeat in the future.
- The cycle will repeat until changes are made.
学习者例句
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
名词
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
常见错误：
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
近义词
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
反义词
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
搭配
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
主题
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
例句
- They're showing a repeat of last week's episode tonight.
- I caught the repeat of the match on Sunday.
- The channel often broadcasts repeats during the summer.
学习者例句
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
名词
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
近义词
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
反义词
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
搭配
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
主题
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
例句
- This year's performance was almost a repeat of last year's.
- His joke was just a repeat from yesterday.
- It was a repeat of their earlier mistake.
学习者例句
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
语法
词典原形
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
音节与重音
re - peat （2 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
词族
Forms
repeats
noun
repeating
verb
repeated
verb
Core family
Related words
repeatable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unrepeatable
adjective
Advanced or less common
repetitious
adjective
repetitively
adverb
相关表达
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
例句
- That song has been on repeat all day.
- I keep this movie on repeat when I’m sick.
repeat after me
1/ɹɪpˈit ˈæftɚ mˈi/
fixed phrase
Copy spoken words immediately
Say the same words that I say, right after me.
例句
- Repeat after me: 'I will study every day.'
- In class, the teacher said, 'Repeat after me.'
history repeats itself
1/hˈɪstɚi ɹɪpˈits ɪtsˈɛlf/
idiom
Past events happen again
Things that happened before often happen again in a similar way.
例句
- They say history repeats itself when people make the same mistakes as in the past.
- Wars show that history repeats itself.
history repeats itself
2/hˈɪstɚi ɹɪpˈits ɪtsˈɛlf/
idiom
Similar events recur over time
The same kinds of events happen again and again over time.
例句
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.