recite
英 [rɪˈsaɪt]
美 [rɪˈsaɪt]
1、re- "back, again" + cit- "summon" + -e.
recite 背诵,朗诵re-,向后,往回,cite,召唤,援引。引申词义想起,背诵,朗诵。
- recite
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recite: [15] Recite came, probably via Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre ‘read out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and citāre ‘call, summon’ (source also of English cite, excite, incite, etc). Recitative ‘speech-like singing’ [17] was borrowed from Italian recitativo.
=> cite, excite, incite
- recite (v.)
- early 15c., from Old French reciter (12c.) and directly from Latin recitare "read aloud, read out, repeat from memory, declaim," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Related: Recited; reciting.
- 1. All he could do was recite a list of Government failings.
- 他能做的只是列举政府的种种不是。
- 2. Each child had to recite a poem to the class.
- 每个孩子都得在班上背诵一首诗。
- 3. I do not doubt ( but ) that he can recite it.
- 我相信他能把它背下来.
- 4. He is going to recite a poem.
- 他将要朗诵一首诗.
- 5. He can recite the poem fluently.
- 他把那首诗念得琅琅上口.