retell

英 [ˌriːˈtel]

美 [ˌriːˈtel]

v.  (通常以不同的方式)复述，重新讲述

现在分词：retelling　第三人称单数：retells　过去式：retold　过去分词：retold　

中考高考CET4CET6TEM8

BNC.34354 / COCA.19549

牛津词典

verb

• （通常以不同的方式）复述，重新讲述
  to tell a story again, often in a different way

柯林斯词典

• VERB 复述;重讲
  If youretella story, you write it, tell it, or present it again, often in a different way from its original form.
  1. Lucilla often asks her sisters to retell the story...
     露西拉经常要姐姐们把这个故事反复讲给她听。
  2. It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature.
     这是西印度群岛文学中广为流传的故事。

双语例句

• Can you retell the story?
  你能再讲这个故事吗？
• Retell what happened on the island one early morning in autumn.
  复述一个秋天的清晨在那个岛上发生了什么。
• I often read a passage and retell it myself.
  我经常看一篇短文，然后试着去复述它。
• Can you retell the story to us generally?
  你能概括性地讲述下影片里的故事吗？
• Please retell the story, using your own words.
  请用自己的话来复述这个故事。
• To practise intensive reading and retell the text.
  练习精读，理解并复述课文。
• Our English teacher often makes us retell the texts.
  我们的英语老师经常让我们复述课文。
• Narration is a basic speech act upon which people tell and retell their experience.
  叙事是人类最基本的一种言语活动，是人们借以组织和重述人生经验的主要模式。
• Retell a funny joke.
  复述一个搞笑的笑话。
• Look at the key words on the blackboard and retell the text.
  看黑板上的关键词，复述课文。