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单词 repetition
释义 repetition
repetition /ˌrep.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/ noun
1
C2 [U] the act of doing or saying something again:
» His books are full of repetition.Thesaurus+: ↑Repeating an action
2
F0 [C] something that happens in the same way as something that happened before:
» We want to prevent a repetition of last summer's fires, which destroyed more than 500,000 acres of land.Thesaurus+: ↑Similar and the same , ↑Describing people with the same qualitiesWord Builder:Nouns: repeat, repetitionAdjectives: repeatedVerbs: repeatAdverbs: repeatedly, repetitively
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Extra Examples:» We hope to avoid a repetition of last year's fiasco.» We don't want a repetition of yesterday's scenes.» The job involved the endless repetition of two or three simple tasks.» Try to avoid unnecessary repetition when stating your points.» His speeches show a marked preference for repetition, that tedious rhetorical device.
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