| 单词 | repetitious |
| 释义 | repetitious (once / 34661 pages) adj Something repetitious gets said or done over and over again in a similar way. If you play your favorite song on repeat during your party, your guests are likely to demand to hear something less repetitious. The adjective repetitious is another way to say repetitive, and both words (along with repeat) share the Latin root repetere, "do or say again." A repetitious poem repeats the same words so many times that it becomes a little dull, and a repetitious argument is more likely to irritate your parents than convince them. WORD FAMILYrepetitious: repetitiously, repetitiousness+/repeat: repeatable, repeated, repeater, repeating, repeats, repetition, repetitive/repeatable: unrepeatable/repeated: repeatedly/repeater: repeaters/repeating: repeatings/repetition: repetitions, repetitious/repetitive: nonrepetitive, repetitively, repetitiveness USAGE EXAMPLESThese passages sometimes devolve into labored imitations of Céline — so willfully perverse and repetitious that they gradually lose their shock value, becoming gratuitously stomach-turning. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) The pictures — casual, artless and repetitious — are images within images. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) But despite this and the dwindling dramatic spark of repetitious fights and rapprochements, the actors wrestle passionately with compelling questions about attraction and love. Los Angeles Times(Aug 25, 2016) adj characterized by repetition Syn|Ant repetitive iterative, reiterative marked by iteration nonrepetitive marked by the absence of repetition |
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