If there is a repetition of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
例句
Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation...今天市政府已经采取措施,防止去年的冲突重演。Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.科林斯想要避免1989年发现囊肿性纤维化致病基因后的那种混乱局面再次出现。
N-VAR
(词语的)重复
Repetition means using the same words again.
例句
He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.他原本也可以砍去许多重复的内容,从而缩减许多页。
英汉词典释义
n.
重复, 反复, 重复的事
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
复制品, 副本
He has a repetition of a previous talk.他有前次会谈的副本。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. an event that repeats;
"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
2. the act of doing or performing again
3. the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device