retell

B1 CET-4 初中

vt. 再讲, 重复, 重说

发音

其它 /ɹiˈtɛl/

词形变化

retelling retells 三单 retells retold retelling 现在分词 retold 过去式 retold 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

复述；再讲；重述

to tell a story again, often in a different way or in a different language

Lucilla often asks her sisters to retell the story.

陆希拉经常叫她的姐姐们重讲那个故事。

释义与例句

v. B1
  1. 1.

    To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.

    复述

    She will retell the story from her perspective in the next meeting.

    He had to retell the story several times before it was understood.

    The author decided to retell the classic fairy tale with a modern twist.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

repeat recite reiterate restate fictionalise fictionalize ingeminate iterate

上位词 2

tell recreate

下位词 10

quote resume translate dwell interpret harp render ditto rephrase cite

词源

From re- + tell.

来源：wiktionary