repetition

英 [ˌrepəˈtɪʃn]

美 [ˌrepəˈtɪʃn]

n. 重复; 重做; 重说; 重做的事; 重说的话

复数：repetitions　

Collins.1 / BNC.5293 / COCA.5821

牛津词典

noun

重复；重做；重说
the fact of doing or saying the same thing many times
1. learning by repetition
  通过重复来学习
重做的事；重说的话
a thing that has been done or said before
1. We do not want to see a repetition of last year's tragic events.
  我们不想看到去年的悲剧重演。

N-VAR (常指令人不快的事件的)反复发生，重复出现，重演
If there is arepetition ofan event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
1. Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation...
  今天市政府已经采取措施，防止去年的冲突重演。
2. Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.
  科林斯想要避免1989年发现囊肿性纤维化致病基因后的那种混乱局面再次出现。
N-VAR (词语的)重复
Repetitionmeans using the same words again.
1. He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.
  他原本也可以砍去许多重复的内容，从而缩减许多页。

noun

the act of doing or performing again
Synonym:repeating
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
an event that repeats
1. the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
Synonym:repeat

Understanding is not enough. You must also have a lot of repetition.
光理解还不够，你必须要进行大量的重复。
A mere repetition of other people's research is not a true scientific research.
对它人研究的纯粹重复不是真实的科学研究。
Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.
她的行文风格并非总是恰到好处，往往爱重复。
Teach by drills and repetition.
通过反复地练习和重复来教某人。
The repetition strategy is implementation dependent.
重复的策略和具体的实现有关。
This degree of repetition is not found in any known language.
这种重复程度在任何已知语言中都不曾出现。
Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
结尾两个或者多个连续句子、诗行等的重复。
Sameness or dull repetition in sound, style, manner, or color.
单调声音、文体、风格和色彩的同样性或单调的重复。
His books are full of repetition and useless information.
他的书充斥着重复和无用的信息。
No historical phenomenon is a mere repetition of the past.
任何历史现象都不会是简单的重复。