repeat: [14] The -peat of repeat comes ultimately from Latin petere ‘go to, seek’, which has also given English appetite, compete, impetuous, perpetual [14], petition [14], and petulant [16]. Addition of the prefix re- ‘back, again’ produced repetere ‘go back to’, which reached English via Old French repeter. => appetite, compete, impetuous, perpetual, petition, petulant
repeat (v.)
late 14c., "to say what one has already said," from Old French repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c., Modern French répéeter), from Latin repetere "do or say again; attack again," from re- "again" (see re-) + petere "to go to; attack; strive after; ask for, beseech" (see petition (n.)).
Meaning "say what another has said" is from 1590s. As an emphatic word in radio broadcasts, 1938. Meaning "do over again" is from 1550s; specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, American English. Related: Repeated; repeating.
repeat (n.)
mid-15c., of music passages, from repeat (v.). From 1937 of broadcasts.
双语例句
1. Nearly 60% of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation.
我们近60%的订单来自于回头客和熟人介绍。
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2. What price a glorious repeat of last week's triumph?
还有可能再次上演上周的辉煌胜利吗？
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3. I'll repeat that so you can commit it to memory.
我会重复一下，好让你们记住。
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4. We are not, I repeat, not actually in the negotiating process.
我们不是，我重申一下，实际上不是在进行谈判。
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5. The twins didn't have to repeat their second year at school.
