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retell

🇬🇧 UK/ri:'tel/🇺🇸 US
B1

Definitions

v.

To tell a story or account again, often in a different way or from a different perspective

重新讲述,复述

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
tellto narrate, recount, relate
=retell

Common Collocations

  • 1.retell a story复述故事
  • 2.retell in one's own words用自己的话复述
  • 3.[retell from memory]凭记忆复述
  • 4.retell a tale重新讲述一个故事

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The teacher asked students to retell the story in their own words.

  • 2.

    She retold the ancient myth from the perspective of a minor character.

  • 3.

    Children love to retell their favorite fairy tales with new endings.

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