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recapitulatory

/ree-kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn/US // ˌri kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌriːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən) //

重述性的,重述性,重述,重述的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
    • : a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
    • : Biology. the theory that the stages an organism passes through during its embryonic development repeat the evolutionary stages of structural change in its ancestral lineage.
    • : Music. the modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement.

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Examples

  • The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.

  • Who has patience for the recapitulation of a string of names, when a group of faces may be placed simultaneously before him?

  • Mr. Hume entered at considerable length into a recapitulation of the past and present grievances of the Canadians.

  • Little comment is needed on this final section; there is a recapitulation of the sins of Aholah and Aholibah.

  • This theory of race recapitulation as applied to the succeeding stages of boyhood may be somewhat more poetic than scientific.