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。
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(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。