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