Recapitulate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.扼要重述
• ［英］ v.扼要重述 ( to repeat the principal points; summarize)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) ＋capit ( 头) ＋ulate -> 把重要的东西 ( 头) 放到一起;
• ［同］ 参考: capitulate ( 投降)
• ［例］ The speaker recapitulated at the end of her lecture.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Late Latin recapitulatus, past participle of recapitulare to restate by heads, sum up, from Latin re- + capitulum division of a book — more at chapter
• Date: 1556
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to restate briefly ; summarize
    • b. to give new form or expression to
  • 2. to repeat the principal stages or phases of <the view that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny>
• intransitive verb
  • sum up

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