| 单词 | repetition |
| 释义 | repetition (once / 542 pages) n Use the noun repetition to describe something that is repeated over and over, like the repetition of singing the alphabet song several times a day to help young children learn the letters. To correctly pronounce repetition, accent the third syllable: "re-peh-TIH-shun." Repetition and the closely related repeat come from the Latin word repetere, meaning "do or say again." It can be a very effective tool in public speaking, such as the repetition of "I have a dream that one day . . ." in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech. WORD FAMILYrepetition: repetitions, repetitious+/repeat: repeatable, repeated, repeater, repeating, repeats, repetition, repetitive/repeatable: unrepeatable/repeated: repeatedly/repeater: repeaters/repeating: repeatings/repetitious: repetitiously, repetitiousness/repetitive: nonrepetitive, repetitively, repetitiveness USAGE EXAMPLESPlaced in strategic positions, the "blockers" are intended to prevent any repetition of the truck attacks in Berlin and Nice earlier this year, officials said. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) Paterson, by contrast, seems recessive, reactive and, insofar as the entire movie is based on patterns of repetition, thoroughly predictable. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) It’s rote work, but repetition is nothing new to anyone with autism. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n the act of doing or performing again Syn|Hypo|Hyper repeating echolalia (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) iterationdoing or saying again; a repeated performance redundancyrepetition of an act needlessly reduplication, reiterationthe act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) copyingan act of copying action replay, instant replay, replaythe immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape renewalthe act of renewing replicationthe repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion duplication, geminationthe act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something replication, reproductionthe act of making copies imitationcopying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else self-renewalthe act of renewing yourself (or itself) continuance, continuation the act of continuing an activity without interruption 2n an event that repeats Syn|Hypo|Hyper repeat sequence several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys cyclea periodically repeated sequence of events rematch, replaysomething (especially a game) that is played again recurrence, returnhappening again (especially at regular intervals) merry-go-rounda never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose) samsara(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth atavism, reversion, throwbacka reappearance of an earlier characteristic flashbackan unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) periodic event, recurrent event an event that recurs at intervals 3n the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device Hypo|Hyper anadiplosis, reduplication repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next epanalepsisrepetition after intervening words epanodosrepetition of a group of words in reverse order epiphora, epistropherepetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. geminationthe doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) ploce(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning polyptotonrepetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence anaphora, epanaphorarepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses anaphorausing a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier symplocerepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
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