recapitulate

Definitions

re- (again) + capitulum ('little head' → heading) + -ate = 'to go over the headings again.' To recapitulate is to run back through the main heads of an argument — i.e. to summarize. Often shortened in speech to 'recap.'

Common Collocations

• 1.recapitulate the main points重述要点
• 2.briefly recapitulate简要概括
• 3.recapitulate the argument归纳论点

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Let me recapitulate the main points before we vote.

• 2.

  The final chapter recapitulates the book's central argument.

• 3.

  She quickly recapitulated what had been decided.