recapitulate

v. 重述要点, 概括, 摘要

发音

CA /ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/
其它
UK /ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/

词形变化

recapitulated recapitulates 三单 recapitulates recapitulating recapitulating 现在分词 recapitulated 过去式 recapitulated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To summarize or repeat in concise form.

    摘要

    提要

    择要

    小结

    总结

    归结

    概括

    总括

    概述

    归纳

    汇总

    及物/不及物

    The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

    We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.

  2. 2.

    To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

    及物
  3. 3.

    To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.

    及物 生物

词汇关系

词源

From Late Latin recapitulātus, past participle of recapitulāre (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from re- (“again”) + capitulum (“head, main part, chapter”), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); see capitulate. By surface analysis, re- + capitulate.

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