repeat

英 [r?'pi?t] 美[r?'pit]

反義詞

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復數:?repeats;第三人稱單數:?repeats;過去式:?repeated;過去分詞:?repeated;現在分詞:?repeating;

repeat 重復

來自拉丁語 repetere, 重復做，來自 re-, 再，重新， petere, 追尋，努力，要求，詞源同 compete,petition.

repeat: repeat: [14] The -peat of repeat comes ultimately from Latin petere ‘go to, seek’, which has also given English appetite, compete, impetuous, perpetual [14], petition [14], and petulant [16]. Addition of the prefix re- ‘back, again’ produced repetere ‘go back to’, which reached English via Old French repeter.
=> appetite, compete, impetuous, perpetual, petition, petulant
repeat (v.): late 14c., "to say what one has already said," from Old French repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c., Modern French répéeter), from Latin repetere "do or say again; attack again," from re- "again" (see re-) + petere "to go to; attack; strive after; ask for, beseech" (see petition (n.)).

Meaning "say what another has said" is from 1590s. As an emphatic word in radio broadcasts, 1938. Meaning "do over again" is from 1550s; specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, American English. Related: Repeated; repeating.
repeat (n.): mid-15c., of music passages, from repeat (v.). From 1937 of broadcasts.

1. Nearly 60% of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation.: 我們近60%的訂單來自于回頭客和熟人介紹。

4. We are not, I repeat, not actually in the negotiating process.: 我們不是，我重申一下，實際上不是在進行談判。

5. The twins didn't have to repeat their second year at school.: 這對雙胞胎不需要重讀二年級。