retrace

英 [rɪˈtreɪs]

美 [rɪˈtreɪs]

v.  沿原路返回; 折回; 重走(别人走过的路线); 追溯; 找出; 回顾

过去式：retraced　现在分词：retracing　过去分词：retraced　第三人称单数：retraces　

GRE电力

Collins.1 / BNC.14353 / COCA.13708

牛津词典

verb

• 沿原路返回；折回
  to go back along exactly the same path or route that you have come along
  1. She turned around and began to retrace her steps towards the house.
     她转身沿原路向那栋房子走去。
• 重走（别人走过的路线）
  to make the same trip that sb else has made in the past
  1. They are hoping to retrace the epic voyage of Christopher Columbus.
     他们期待着沿哥伦布的壮丽航程进行一次航行。
• 追溯；找出；回顾
  to find out what sb has done or where they have been
  1. Detectives are trying to retrace her movements on the night she disappeared.
     侦探试图查出她失踪当晚的行踪。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 举（步）折回;沿（原路）返回
  If youretraceyour steps orretraceyour way, you return to the place you started from by going back along the same route.
  1. He retraced his steps to the spot where he'd left the case.
     他折回到他丢下箱子的地方。

英英释义

verb

• reassemble mentally
  1. reconstruct the events of 20 years ago
  Synonym:reconstructconstruct
• to go back over again
  1. we retraced the route we took last summer
  2. trace your path
  Synonym:trace

双语例句

• In addition, be sure to provide markers, such as back buttons, that users can use to find out where they are and how to retrace their steps.
  另外，确保提供像后退按钮这样的标记，这样用户可以很快找到他们在哪并知道如何返回上一步。
• People from 28 different countries have booked to travel and retrace the liner's original route.
  来自28个不同国家的人们预订了纪念号的船票，他们希望沿着当年的航线重温传奇之旅。
• I could hack into this, retrace her steps, find out where she's been.
  我能破解进入里面，追踪她的足迹，找出她曾去过哪。
• My leader also stopped, and was so kind as to allow me to retrace my steps.
  和善的夫子同我站在一块不动，而且允许我往后退回一些。
• If the system is not accurately isolating the defects, retrace the steps and try again.
  如果系统没有准确地分隔缺陷，重新再进行这些步骤。
• You might find your ticket if you retrace your steps back to the car.
  如果原路折回到车子那里，就有可能寻回你的票。
• Does the ability to map the unknown deserve less credit from society than the ability to retrace the known?
  预测未知的能力，难道不如追究已知的能力值得社会推重吗？
• So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map. I landed up at the same corner.
  所以我开车回城，重新回忆路线，时不时地查看地图，最后我还是来到同一个转角。
• You must retrace your steps.
  你必须折回原来走过的路；你必须重来一次。
• Let's retrace his thinking through each of these processes.
  让我们返溯萨姆的思维活动每一个过程吧！