retaking

v.

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  • 英英释义

The verb is pronounced /riː'teɪk/. The noun is pronounced /'riːteɪk/. 动词读作 /riː'teɪk/。名词读作 /'riːteɪk/。
1. VERB 收复,重新占领,夺回(战争中的失地) If a military force retakes a place or building which it has lost in a war or battle, it captures it again. 
  • Residents were moved 30 miles away as the rebels retook the town.

    当叛军重新占领这个城镇的时候,居民们被转移到了30英里以外。

2. N-COUNT 重拍;重新拍摄 If during the making of a film there is a retake of a particular scene, that scene is filmed again because it needs to be changed or improved. 
  • The director, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole's response even after several retakes.

    虽然重拍了好几次,导演罗恩·霍华德仍然对妮科尔的表现不满意。

3. VERB 重修;重考 If you retake a course or an examination, you take it again because you failed it the first time. 
  • I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.

    我读中学六年级的时候有一年的时间可以重新参加普通中等教育证书考试。

  • Retake is also a noun.
    • Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit.

      学生参加重考的次数将受到限制。

Noun

1. the act of taking something back