repeat

繰り返す、反復する

同じことをもう一度言ったり、したりする。

やさしい英語で： To say or do something again.

• Please repeat the question.
• We repeated the experiment three times.
• Can you repeat those instructions more slowly?

使い方： repeat something to someone (She repeated the message to her brother.); repeat after someone (Please repeat after me.)

類義語： redo, do again, say again

よく使う表現： repeat a question, repeat an experiment, repeat after someone

同じことを繰り返す

自分がすでに言ったことを、もう一度言う。

やさしい英語で： To say again something you have already said.

• Please do not repeat yourself.
• He repeated himself because nobody was listening.
• Am I repeating myself, or have I never told you this?

使い方： repeat oneself (She often repeats herself when she is tired.)

よく使う表現： repeat yourself, repeat myself

繰り返される、再発する

同じようなことが、もう一度起こる。

やさしい英語で： To happen again, often in the same way.

• The pattern repeats every minute.
• This problem has repeated several times.
• History can repeat itself if we ignore its lessons.

類義語： recur

よく使う表現： repeat itself, repeat endlessly, repeat every day

再射撃する

前の射撃指示に必要な変更を加え、砲撃をもう一度命じる。

やさしい英語で： To order another round of artillery fire using the previous firing instructions, with any requested changes.

• Repeat the fire mission.
• The officer ordered the battery to repeat.
• Adjust fifty metres left and repeat on the target.

よく使う表現： repeat fire mission, repeat on target

繰り返し、再放送

再び起こること、行われること、または放送などで再び見せられるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that happens, is done, or is shown again.

• This programme is a repeat.
• We want to avoid a repeat of that mistake.
• They showed three repeats of the comedy last week.

使い方： a repeat of something (Nobody wants a repeat of last winter’s delays.)

類義語： repetition, rerun

よく使う表現： a repeat performance, repeat of something, watch a repeat

反復記号、リピート記号

曲のある部分をもう一度演奏するよう指示する記号。

やさしい英語で： A written sign that tells you to play a section of music again.

• There is a repeat at the end.
• Play from the beginning when you reach the repeat.
• The pianist missed both repeats in the score.

類義語： repeat mark

よく使う表現： repeat sign, marked repeat, follow the repeat