the repetition of sth
用 the repetition of 表示某个词、动作或事件被反复进行，强调重复这一行为本身。
Frequent repetition of the same phrases weakened the essay.
反复使用相同的短语削弱了这篇文章的说服力。
重复；反复；重复发生的事
repetitions — plural of repetition
（锻炼中的）一次重复动作；（修辞上的）反复；重复；重复的行为或实例；重复发生的事件；进行单次、受控的锻炼动作。多次重复为一组
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated; an event that happens again.
重复的行为或实例
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
重复发生的事件
an event that repeats
进行单次、受控的锻炼动作。多次重复为一组
The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
再次进行或执行的行为
the act of doing or performing again
作为修辞手法重复使用相同的词或词组
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
Repetition helps people remember new information better.
重复能帮助人们更好地记住新信息。
用法提示：repetition 是名词，作主语，表示‘重复’这一行为。
The student's essay had too much repetition, so the teacher asked her to revise it.
这位学生的作文重复太多，老师让她修改。
用法提示：repetition 是名词，作宾语，表示‘重复的内容或行为’。
He learned the poem by heart through repetition.
他通过反复朗读把这首诗记住了。
用法提示：repetition 是名词，作介词 through 的宾语，表示‘反复’。
用 the repetition of 表示某个词、动作或事件被反复进行，强调重复这一行为本身。
Frequent repetition of the same phrases weakened the essay.
反复使用相同的短语削弱了这篇文章的说服力。
a repetition of 表示一次具体的重复事件，常与 was、is 等系动词连用，说明某事是旧事重演。
Last night's violence was a repetition of the riots that shook the city in May.
昨晚的暴力事件是五月震惊全城的那场骚乱的又一次重演。
健身语境中，repetition 指一次完整的动作，前面可直接加数字；若干 repetition 合起来构成一组（set）。
The coach told her to do fifteen repetitions of the shoulder exercise.
教练让她把肩部动作做十五次。
此处 repetition 作不可数名词，用 repetition in 说明某段文字或作品中存在重复。
There is too much repetition in the second half of the book.
这本书的后半部分重复太多。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please repetition the sentence after me.
正确表达Please repeat the sentence after me.
repetition 是名词，不能充当句子的谓语；汉语的“重复”既可作动词也可作名词，容易直接搬来当动词用。表示“重复（做某事）”这个动作时要改用动词 repeat，名词 repetition 只能说 a repetition of the sentence 之类。
grammar · medium
易错句子Learning English needs many repetition.
正确表达Learning English needs a lot of repetition.
repetition 表示“反复（这一行为）”时是不可数名词，不能用修饰可数复数的 many，也不能加 -s。要表示“大量”应用 much repetition 或 a lot of repetition；汉语“很多重复”没有可数不可数的区分，所以容易误加 many。
grammar · medium
易错句子Do ten repetition of this exercise.
正确表达Do ten repetitions of this exercise.
当 repetition 指“一次（受控的）重复动作”这一可数义项时，前面有具体数字 ten 就必须用复数形式 repetitions，其复数即 repetition + s。
避免重复
Good writers avoid repetition in their essays.
优秀的写作者会在文章中避免重复。
不断重复
Learning a language requires constant repetition.
学一门语言需要不断地重复。
无休止的重复
The job was boring because of the endless repetition.
这份工作因为无休止的重复而十分枯燥。
通过重复来学习
Children learn new words by repetition.
孩子们通过重复来学习新词。
……的重复
The report was criticized for the repetition of the same mistakes.
这份报告因重复同样的错误而受到批评。
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单纯的重复
Mere repetition does not guarantee understanding.
单纯的重复并不能保证理解。