repetition

repetition汉语翻译：
n. 重复, 背诵, 循环, 复制品, 副本
【机】 重复, 反复词型变化：
形容词:repetitional英语解释：
名词 repetition:

an event that repeats同义词：repeat

the act of doing or performing again同义词：repeating

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

例句：

A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition.习惯一种由于不断的重复而形成的反复出现，经常是无意识的行为方式

The story loses a great deal in repetition.这个故事由于反复讲述而大为减色了。

Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed.陈腐的，老一套的因久用或重复而失去引起兴趣的力量的，老生常谈的

This accident is a repetition of the one that happened here three weeks ago.这起车祸是三星期前在这里发生过的车祸的重演。

详细解释：
rep.e.ti.tion
n.Abbr. rep.（名词）缩写 rep.
The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
重复：重复或被重复的行为、过程或事例
A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.
背诵：背诵或朗诵，尤指已经准备好的或记住的材料
来源：
Middle English repeticioun
中古英语 repeticioun
from Old French repeticion
源自 古法语 repeticion
from Latin repetotiô repetotiôn-
源自 拉丁语 repetotiô repetotiôn-
from repetotus [past participle of] repetere [to repeat] * see repeat
源自 repetotus [] repetere的过去分词 [重复] *参见 repeat
【引伸】
rep.eti.tional
adj.（形容词）