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Picture taking the very same thing — the same words, the same action, the same event — and putting it out a second time, unchanged. That 'do it once more, the same way' is the heartbeat of the word: the verb is the act of running it again; the noun is the second showing itself (a re-run, a re-order, a thing happening again).

可以想成：把同一個東西——同樣的話、同樣的動作、同樣的事——再原封不動地放出來一次。「再來一次，而且一模一樣」就是這…更多收起可以想成：把同一個東西——同樣的話、同樣的動作、同樣的事——再原封不動地放出來一次。「再來一次，而且一模一樣」就是這個字的心跳。動詞是「再跑一遍」這個動作；名詞則是那個再次出現的東西本身（重播、再訂一份、又發生一次的事）。

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

repeatverb/ɹɪˈpiːt/

  • 1

    To do or say again (and again).

    • The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
    • I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!
  • 2

    medicinesciencesTo refill (a prescription).

  • 3

    To happen again; recur.

    • A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
  • 4

    To echo the words of (a person).

    • Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.
  • 5

    To strike the hours, as a watch does.

  • 6

    obsoleteTo make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

    • He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.
  • 7

    lawTo repay or refund (an excess received).

  • 8

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

    • Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
    • Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

repeatnoun/ɹɪˈpiːt/

  • 1

    An iteration; a repetition.

    • We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
    • "You have just sent a telegram to Brookbend Cottage," he said to the young lady behind the brasswork lattice. "We think it may have come inaccurately and should like a repeat."
  • 2

    A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.

  • 3

    medicinesciencesA refill of a prescription.

  • 4

    biochemistrybiologychemistryA pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).

  • 5

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。