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单词 recapitulate
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Definition of recapitulate in English:

recapitulate

verb ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊleɪtˌrikəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt
[with object]
  • 1Summarize and state again the main points of.

    he began to recapitulate his argument with care
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The argument is rather simple so let me recapitulate.
    • They are not sincere, he says, and he does not even bother to recapitulate their arguments or try to refute them.
    • Just so you know what this is about, I will recapitulate the details.
    • Let us begin by briefly recapitulating the novel's plot.
    • So, to recapitulate: he says he didn't know what was in the resolution because he wasn't paying close attention.
    • The conclusion recapitulates and summarizes the main findings of the work.
    • There are other significant discrepancies between police and media reports and the known facts, but there is no need to recapitulate those here.
    • There would be little point in recapitulating this excellent and very readable review.
    • To recapitulate, the nation-state favours national identity, while the communist state favours class, since nations are conceived to be in transition and a temporary phase to be overcome.
    • It is worth recapitulating all this if only to suggest that whatever the public or private reasons for threatening to go to war, it is hard to see how it can be justified.
    • It might be superfluous to recapitulate the debate between traditional Marxist-Leninists and neo-Marxists such as Immanuel Wallerstein - that would require in itself a separate inquiry.
    • To recapitulate, the adjective lists used in this study were generated from a rigorous pilot study and were matched for emotionality, imaginability, word frequency, and word length.
    • I won't try to recapitulate his entire argument.
    • The story of the Union has been told on several occasions and there is no need to recapitulate it.
    • The student might begin with a sentence or two recapitulating the general area of the research, followed by a brief restatement of the specific topic and the research question.
    • Participants recapitulated their major arguments and group discussions highlighted recurring themes and issues.
    • To recapitulate: this story has a long way to run, that much at least is clear.
    • In a strange, deadpan, yet brutal and even hysterical way, the play seems to be recapitulating all the debates about the relationship between life and art of the past century and a half.
    • To recapitulate, Young differs with me profoundly on the question of whether we should support the resistance, and hope for their victory against the army of occupation.
    • Finally, let us briefly recapitulate the knowledge argument.
    Synonyms
    summarize, sum up
    restate, state again, repeat, reiterate, go over, run over, run through, review
    enumerate, recount, list
    informal recap
    rare epitomize
    1. 1.1Biology Repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth.
      many features of regeneration in the peripheral nervous system recapitulate development
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In embryology, we see that ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’; that the human embryo goes through phases in development that reflect evolutionary changes from earlier vertebrates such as fish.
      • We used to learn in high-school biology that ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’: The development of each individual human being resembles the evolution of the species.
      • Hall believed that children recapitulate stages of human evolution as they grow from infants to adults.
      • Hair follicle regeneration recapitulates embryonic development.
      • Does adult fracture repair recapitulate embryonic skeletal formation?
      • Hall, the foremost child psychologist in the United States, argued that the child recapitulated the stages of evolution of the human race, from pre-savagery to civilization.

Derivatives

  • recapitulatory

  • adjective ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊlət(ə)ri
    • It now sets out, for each subprogramme, a budget table, the salient features of certain programme elements and a recapitulatory list of the main activities implemented or in process of implementation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Under von Baer's reading, a human embryo grows gill slits not because we evolved from an adult fish (Haeckel's recapitulatory explanation) but because all vertebrates begin their embryological lives with gills.
      • But Ferenczi does not stop with a recapitulatory comparison of womb and ocean.
      • However, I should like to refer readers to a recent UNESCO document which presents a recapitulatory table - not of what the Organization has accomplished in this field in the last forty years or so, but rather of the specific activities it plans to carry out in its Programme for 1992-1993.
      • The chick embryo starts by excreting ammonia, then urea, and lastly uric acid, thus apparently providing a case of recapitulatory repetition of adult ancestral characters.
  • recapitulative

  • adjective -lətɪv

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin recapitulat- 'gone through heading by heading', from re- 'again' + capitulum 'chapter' (diminutive of caput 'head').

 
 

Definition of recapitulate in US English:

recapitulate

verbˌrēkəˈpiCHəˌlātˌrikəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt
[with object]
  • 1Summarize and state again the main points of.

    he began to recapitulate his argument with care
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To recapitulate, the adjective lists used in this study were generated from a rigorous pilot study and were matched for emotionality, imaginability, word frequency, and word length.
    • The conclusion recapitulates and summarizes the main findings of the work.
    • The argument is rather simple so let me recapitulate.
    • There are other significant discrepancies between police and media reports and the known facts, but there is no need to recapitulate those here.
    • Participants recapitulated their major arguments and group discussions highlighted recurring themes and issues.
    • Finally, let us briefly recapitulate the knowledge argument.
    • To recapitulate, Young differs with me profoundly on the question of whether we should support the resistance, and hope for their victory against the army of occupation.
    • There would be little point in recapitulating this excellent and very readable review.
    • Let us begin by briefly recapitulating the novel's plot.
    • To recapitulate, the nation-state favours national identity, while the communist state favours class, since nations are conceived to be in transition and a temporary phase to be overcome.
    • To recapitulate: this story has a long way to run, that much at least is clear.
    • The story of the Union has been told on several occasions and there is no need to recapitulate it.
    • It might be superfluous to recapitulate the debate between traditional Marxist-Leninists and neo-Marxists such as Immanuel Wallerstein - that would require in itself a separate inquiry.
    • I won't try to recapitulate his entire argument.
    • Just so you know what this is about, I will recapitulate the details.
    • So, to recapitulate: he says he didn't know what was in the resolution because he wasn't paying close attention.
    • The student might begin with a sentence or two recapitulating the general area of the research, followed by a brief restatement of the specific topic and the research question.
    • It is worth recapitulating all this if only to suggest that whatever the public or private reasons for threatening to go to war, it is hard to see how it can be justified.
    • They are not sincere, he says, and he does not even bother to recapitulate their arguments or try to refute them.
    • In a strange, deadpan, yet brutal and even hysterical way, the play seems to be recapitulating all the debates about the relationship between life and art of the past century and a half.
    Synonyms
    summarize, sum up
    1. 1.1Biology Repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In embryology, we see that ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’; that the human embryo goes through phases in development that reflect evolutionary changes from earlier vertebrates such as fish.
      • Hair follicle regeneration recapitulates embryonic development.
      • We used to learn in high-school biology that ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’: The development of each individual human being resembles the evolution of the species.
      • Hall believed that children recapitulate stages of human evolution as they grow from infants to adults.
      • Hall, the foremost child psychologist in the United States, argued that the child recapitulated the stages of evolution of the human race, from pre-savagery to civilization.
      • Does adult fracture repair recapitulate embryonic skeletal formation?

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin recapitulat- ‘gone through heading by heading’, from re- ‘again’ + capitulum ‘chapter’ (diminutive of caput ‘head’).

 
 
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