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recapitulate sth
正式用语，常用于总结讲话或文章内容。
The speaker recapitulated the main points of the report.
演讲者概括了报告的要点。
概括；重述要点
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
概括；重述要点
summarize briefly
The speaker recapitulated the main points of the report.
演讲者概括了报告的要点。
以简洁形式概括或重复。
To summarize or repeat in concise form.
重现或(在结构或功能上)非常相似。
To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
以类似形式映现或重复,尤指个体发育重演物种进化阶段。
To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.
recapitulate
Base
原形
recapitulates
3rd person
第三人称单数
recapitulating
-ing
现在分词
recapitulated
Past
过去式
recapitulated
Past participle
过去分词
The article recapitulates the main arguments.
这篇文章概括了主要论点。
The teacher recapitulated the lesson at the end.
老师在最后概括了本课内容。
They have recapitulated the findings in their report.
他们已在报告中概括了这些发现。
规则动词；可表示‘概括’，也可在生物学中表示‘重演’。
At the end of the meeting, the manager recapitulated the main points for everyone.
会议结束时，经理向大家重述了要点。
The textbook recapitulates the most important facts at the end of each chapter.
这本教科书在每章末尾概括最重要的知识点。
Could you recapitulate what we have decided so far?
你能把到目前为止我们已经决定的事情概括一下吗？
正式用语，常用于总结讲话或文章内容。
The speaker recapitulated the main points of the report.
演讲者概括了报告的要点。
后接 that 从句，表示简要重述某个事实。
She recapitulated that the meeting had been postponed.
她概括说明会议已被推迟。
后接 wh- 从句，用于引出对前述内容的总结。
Let me recapitulate what we have discussed today.
让我概括一下我们今天讨论的内容。
Not this
Please give a recapitulate of the main points.
Use this
Please give a recapitulation of the main points.
recapitulate 是动词，意为“概括”；在冠词 a 后面需要使用名词 recapitulation，不能用动词原形。
Not this
He recapitulated about the main points of the report.
Use this
He recapitulated the main points of the report.
recapitulate 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要介词 about；加上 about 会造成语法错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
概括要点
At the end of the meeting, she recapitulated the main points for everyone.
会议结束时，她为大家概括了要点。
简要概括
Let me recapitulate briefly what we have discussed so far.
让我简要概括一下我们目前讨论的内容。
重述论点
The conclusion recapitulates the argument presented in the earlier chapters.
结论部分重述了前几章提出的论点。
个体发育重演系统发育
The slogan 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny' was popular in nineteenth-century biology.
“个体发育重演系统发育”这一说法在十九世纪生物学中很流行。
概述情节
She recapitulated the plot of the novel in a few sentences.
她用几句话概述了那部小说的情节。
概括已说的话
Before closing, the chair recapitulated what had been said during the debate.
在结束前，主席概括了辩论中所说的内容。
个体发育重演系统发育。
In her lecture, the biologist recapitulated how embryos develop.
在她的讲座中，这位生物学家概括了胚胎如何发育。
Use recapitulate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
recapitulate 开头是 recap（概括），想象“再概括一遍要点”，就记住“重述、概括”的意思。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、正式演讲、课堂教学、生物学论述 该词多用于正式场合或学术语境，日常口语中较少使用；表示“概括要点”时，通常可用 summarize 或 go over 替代。
这些词都以 -ulate 结尾，拼写相似；但它们的重音位置不同，而 recapitulate 的重音在 -pit- 上，因此并不真正押韵，仅词尾读音相近，注意不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.