Word · Frequency #26291
recapitulating
概括；重述要点
recapitulating is the present participle of recapitulate.
summarize briefly
- 1.
To summarize or repeat in concise form.
以简洁形式概括或重复。
- 2.
To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
重现或(在结构或功能上)非常相似。
- 3.
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.
以类似形式映现或重复,尤指个体发育重演物种进化阶段。
重演；以简洁形式概括或重复。；重现或(在结构或功能上)非常相似。；以类似形式映现或重复,尤指个体发育重演物种进化阶段。；重述要点
In use
At the end of the meeting, the manager recapitulated the main points for everyone.
The textbook recapitulates the most important facts at the end of each chapter.
Could you recapitulate what we have decided so far?
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。
recapitulate that ...
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。
recapitulate what ...
后接 wh- 从句，用于引出对前述内容的总结。
Connections
Collocations
- recapitulate the main points
- 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。
- recapitulate briefly
- 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。
- recapitulate the argument
- 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。
- ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
- 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。
- recapitulate the plot
- 概述情节
- She recapitulated the plot of the novel in a few sentences.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.