recount
recount 英 [rɪ'kaʊnt] 美 [rɪˈkaʊnt]
vt. 叙述；重新计算 n. 重算
进行时:recounting 过去式:recounted 过去分词:recounted 第三人称单数:recounts 名词复数:recounts
- As a verb, recount can mean either "tell the story of" or "add up again." As a noun, recount usually refers to the second (or third or fourth) tallying of votes in a close election.
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- vt. 叙述；重新计算
- n. 重算
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1. The defeated candidate demanded a recount.
落选的候选人要求重新计票。
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2. She was asked to recount the details of the conversation to the court.
她被要求向法庭陈述谈话细节。
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3. They recounted what had happened during those years.
他们叙述了那些年里发生的事。
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4. ‘It was before the war,’ he recounted.
“那是在战前。”他叙述道。
- recount (n.) also re-count, "a new count" (especially in an election), 1855, American English, from re- + count (n.2).
- recount (v.1) "to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- "again" (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v.)). Related: Recounted; recounting.
- recount (v.2) also re-count, "to enumerate again," 1764, from re- + count (v.). Related: Recounted; recounting.
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