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repetitious

/rep-i-tish-uhs/US // ˌrɛp ɪˈtɪʃ əs //UK // (ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃəs) //

反复无常,反复无常的,屡次,重复的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.

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Examples

  • The definition that underlay all the implications and innuendos was that in order to qualify as a song a sequence of sounds had simply to be rhythmic and repetitious.

  • It’s fiery, it’s sometimes the tiniest bit whiny, it’s a little repetitious, and it’s eyebrow-raising with a dash of heated argument-starter for zest.

  • Some of the old episodic shows were good to do, but it got to be repetitious.

  • The spirit of play infused into the simplest and most repetitious of household tasks banishes drudgery.

  • From here on the repetitious statements of assignment of half of each song group to each brother will be omitted.

  • But in the process he was tiresomely repetitious, though not to so irritating an extent as he at times became.

  • Somewhere a record shop fed repetitious music to the night air.

  • He who sees no deeper into the play than this praises certain scenes or passages, but finds the whole repetitious and confusing.