repetition
noun uk/ˌrep.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/ us/ˌrep.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
C2 [ U ]重复；重做；重说
the act of doing or saying something again
His books are full of repetition. 他的那些书都是在翻来覆去写同样的东西。
[ C ]重现；重复；重做
something that happens in the same way as something that happened before
We want to prevent a repetition of last summer's fires, which destroyed more than 500,000 acres of land. 去年夏天的火灾毁了超过50万英亩地，我们要防止此类火灾再次发生。
- More examples
- We hope to avoid a repetition of last year's fiasco.
- We don't want a repetition of yesterday's scenes.
- The job involved the endless repetition of two or three simple tasks.
- Try to avoid unnecessary repetition when stating your points.
- His speeches show a marked preference for repetition, that tedious rhetorical device.