recite
verb /rɪˈsaɪt/
/rɪˈsaɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they recite | /rɪˈsaɪt/ /rɪˈsaɪt/ |
| he / she / it recites | /rɪˈsaɪts/ /rɪˈsaɪts/ |
| past simple recited | /rɪˈsaɪtɪd/ /rɪˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle recited | /rɪˈsaɪtɪd/ /rɪˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form reciting | /rɪˈsaɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈsaɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to say a poem, piece of literature, etc. that you have learned, especially to an audience
（尤指对听众）背诵，吟诵，朗诵 - recite (something) (to somebody) Each child had to recite a poem to the class.
每个孩子都得在班上背诵一首诗。 - recite what… She recited what she had learned.
她背诵了她所学的东西。 - + speech ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud,’ he recited.
“我像一朵云一样孤独地游荡，”他背诵道。
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- recite (something) (to somebody) Each child had to recite a poem to the class.
- [transitive] recite something (to somebody) | recite what… | + speech to say a list or series of things
（口头）列举；逐一讲述 - They recited all their grievances to me.
他们把所受的委屈都告诉了我。 - She could recite a list of all the kings and queens.
她能一一说出所有的国王和王后的名字。
- They recited all their grievances to me.
词源late Middle English (as a legal term in the sense ‘state (a fact) in a document’): from Old French reciter or Latin recitare ‘read out’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + citare ‘cite’.