同樣的壞事又發生一次
從「一再發生的模式」縮成「其中的某一次」，而且語氣變了：講的是一件你不希望再看到的事又來了。
a recurrence · noun · C2
something that happens again, especially something bad.
重演；再度發生
核心畫面
Picture the same thing coming round again. English then splits that into two useful views: the pattern of it happening over and over (which is how you learn a language), and one particular return of something you hoped had gone for good. The first is neutral or even positive; the second almost always names something unwelcome.
可以想成：同樣的東西又轉回來了。英文把這件事分成兩個有用的角度：一個是「一再發生」這個模式本身（學語言靠的就是它），…更多收起
可以想成：同樣的東西又轉回來了。英文把這件事分成兩個有用的角度：一個是「一再發生」這個模式本身（學語言靠的就是它），另一個是「某件你希望不要再有的事又發生了一次」。前者中性、甚至正面；後者幾乎一定在講不受歡迎的事。From the picture
Also in this word
doing something repeatedly · noun · C2
The act of doing or saying the same thing many times over.
重複；反覆
原始詞典資料3 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。
repetitionnoun詞源 1/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- 1
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
- How we hope and believe each day will be our last of anxious waiting! The post comes in, and there is no letter for us. How bitter is the disappointment! and on every repetition it grows more acute.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- 2
hobbieslifestylesportsThe act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
repetitionverb詞源 2/ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/
- 1
To petition again.
- The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.
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。