1. 1重複乏味的

    Something repetitious uses the same actions, or the same words, again and again, in a way that makes you tired. A repetitious speech says the point three times. A repetitious job is the same small movement, hour after hour.

    Something repetitious uses the same actions, or the same words, again and againrepetitious是指一直重複做同樣的動作,或講同樣的話, in a way that makes you tired重複到讓人覺得累的那種。 A repetitious speech says the point three times一場repetitious的演講,會把重點講三遍。 A repetitious job is the same small movement, hour after hour一份repetitious的工作,是同一個小動作,一小時又一小時地做。

    The word is almost always a complaint: not simply repeating, which can be useful (you repeat a phone number so you remember it), but repeating past the point of help.

    The word is almost always a complaint這個字幾乎都是在抱怨: not simply repeating, which can be useful (you repeat a phone number so you remember it)不是單純的重複——重複其實可以很有用(你重複一個電話號碼,是為了記住它)—— but repeating past the point of help而是重複到超過有幫助的程度。

    Though actually, repetitious and repetitive sit very close. Repetitive is the everyday word for work or sound that keeps looping. Repetitious is a little more likely when you are talking about language — writing, a lesson, a song — and it sounds a shade more critical.

    Though actually, repetitious and repetitive sit very close不過其實,repetitious和repetitive這兩個字靠得很近。 Repetitive is the everyday word for work or sound that keeps loopingrepetitive是指一直循環的工作或聲音的日常用字。 Repetitious is a little more likely when you are talking about language當你在講語言的時候 writing, a lesson, a song——寫作、一堂課、一首歌—— and it sounds a shade more critical比較可能用repetitious,而且聽起來多一點批評的味道。

    It is not a rude word, but it is never praise.

    It is not a rude word它不是一個粗魯的字, but it is never praise但也絕對不是稱讚。

core核心畫面

組成Built on the same family as repetition: repeating, plus -ious, full of. So full of repeating — and in English this almost always means too much, and boring.

同家族的字

  • repetitionthe noun: doing or saying the same thing again
  • repetitivealmost the same meaning; the more everyday adjective
  • repeatthe simple verb at the bottom of the family

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

repetitiousadj/ɹɛpəˈtɪʃəs/

  • 1

    Characterized by repetition, especially excessive repetition.

    • Near-synonyms: tedious; see also Thesaurus:wearisome

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