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

Teach by drills and repetition.
通过反复地练习和重复来教某人。
In his early poems he makes use of repetition and incantation.
在他早期的诗歌中他使用了反复和重叠手法。
It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition
这是真正的祈祷，不是机械的重复。
So much needless repetition makes the article long-winded.
这样叠床架屋，文章就太罗嗦了。
Seriality and visual repetition in his work underline this aspect.
他作品中的连续性和视觉重现强调了这个方向。
They often look for repetition within the context of a method or loop.
他们常在方法或循环的上下文中寻找重复。
For the study of impact problems, very short exposure times and high picture repetition rates are required.
为了研究冲击问题，需要很短的曝光时间和较高的画幅移动速率。
We use one ( singular) and ones ( plural) to avoid unnecessary repetition.
我们用one（单数）和ones（复数）避免不必要的重复。
The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it
反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
The repetition strategy is implementation dependent.
重复的策略和具体的实现有关。