单词 | restatement |
释义 | restatementn. 1. An act of restating something; an instance of something being restated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] replication?c1400 repetition?a1425 repeatingc1443 renovelling1483 regressiona1500 iteration1530 repeat1556 ingemination1576 iteratinga1593 iterancea1616 redoublinga1665 restatement1790 troll1790 repeatal1822 catching up1847 rewording1849 re-enunciation1855 iterancy1889 1790 Whole Proc. Trial against John Stockdale 32 A re-statement of the same principles, and a similar quotation of authorities to support them. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 307 Curious intelligence has been obtained, and satisfactory vouchers are given for most of the re-statements. 1886 Athenæum 30 Jan. 167/3 A restatement of the old mythical descent of the Dukes of Norfolk. 1918 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 15 561 There becomes necessary a more or less frequent revision, restatement and reconceptualization of these facts. 1964 E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. ii. 23 A restatement of the rules in which there is a clean break between phonotactic and allophonic rules will require a longer description. 2002 Nation (N.Y.) 8 Apr. 37/1 A strong restatement of the value (economic, political and moral) of equality. 2. Music. A second or subsequent use of a subject or theme in a composition. Cf. statement n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > statement or restatement exposition1869 restatement1883 statement1883 1883 C. H. H. Parry in G. Grove Dict. Music III. 580/1 The half concludes with a complete restatement of the first subject simply and clearly in the original key. 1905 F. May Life J. Brahms II. xix. 200 It enters with eight bars' quasi-improvisatory restatement of the principal theme. 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 297/2 The preparation for the restatement in his first movement is altogether classical in method. 1991 Gramophone Jan. 1371/1 The big exclamatory tenuto he imposes as crescendoing horns herald the final restatement of the opening theme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。