again
adverb OPAL S
/əˈɡen/, /əˈɡeɪn/
/əˈɡen/, /əˈɡeɪn/
Idioms - one more time; on another occasion
再一次；又一次 - This must never happen again.
这种事再也不能发生了。 - Try again—it takes practice.
再试一次——这需要练习。 - Can we start again, please?
我们能重新开始吗？ - Could you say it again, please?
请再说一遍好吗？ - When will I see you again?
我何时能再见到你？ - Rowling again proves to be a superb storyteller.
罗琳再次被证明是一个高超的讲故事的人。 - I've told you again and again (= many times) not to do that.
我一再告诉过你别干那种事。 - I'll have to write it all over again (= again from the beginning).
我得从头再写一遍。 - She tried over and over again (= many times) to get it right.
她一遍又一遍地试图把它做好。 - He has yet again (= as has happened many times before) shown that he cannot be trusted.
他再次表明他不可信。 - Once again (= as had happened several times before), the train was late.
火车又晚点了。
- This must never happen again.
- showing that somebody/something is in the same place or state that they were in originally
返回原处；复原 - We're very happy to be here together again.
我们很高兴再次来到这里。 - He was glad to be home again.
他很高兴又回到家了。 - You'll soon feel well again.
你很快就会康复的。 - She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again.
她每天上班来回要花两小时。
- We're very happy to be here together again.
- added to an amount that is already there
增加；多 - The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
现在的价格比两年前提高约一半。 - I'd like the same again (= the same amount or the same thing).
我想再来一份同样的。
- The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
- used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said
再说；其次 - And again, we must think of the cost.
再说，我们必须考虑成本。
- And again, we must think of the cost.
- then/there again used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said
（引出相对照的事实或看法）再说，另一方面 - We might buy it but then again we might not.
我们可能买，不过也可能不买。
- We might buy it but then again we might not.
- used when you ask somebody to tell you something or repeat something that you think they have told you already
请再说一遍 - What was the name again?
叫什么名字，再说一遍好不好？
- What was the name again?
词源Old English ongēan, ongægn, etc., of Germanic origin; related to German entgegen ‘opposite’.
Idioms
(every) now and again/then
- from time to time; occasionally
有时；偶尔；时常 - Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
她隔一会儿就看看他是否还在睡觉。
- Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
(the) same again
- (informal) used to ask somebody to serve you the same drink as before
同样的（饮料）再来一份 - Same again, please!
和刚才一样的，请再来一份！
- Same again, please!
time after time | time and (time) again
- often; on many or all occasions
一次又一次；一再；屡屡；总是 - You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
如果你遵循这些用法说明，每次都会得到最佳的效果。 - Time and again, the girls have shown how strong and determined they can be.
一次又一次，女孩们展示了她们有多坚强和决心。
- You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.