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again

adverb
 OPAL S
🔊/əˈɡen/, 🔊/əˈɡeɪn/
🔊/əˈɡen/, 🔊/əˈɡeɪn/
Idioms
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  1.  
     one more time; on another occasion再一次；又一次
    • This must never happen again.这种事再也不能发生了。🔊🔊
    • Try again—it takes practice.再试一次-需要练习。
    • Can we start again, please?我们可以重新开始吗？
    • Could you say it again, please?请再说一遍好吗？🔊🔊
    • When will I see you again?我何时能再见到你？🔊🔊
    • Rowling again proves to be a superb storyteller.罗琳再次被证明是一位出色的讲故事的人。
    • I've told you again and again (= many times) not to do that.我一再告诉过你别干那种事。🔊🔊
    • I'll have to write it all over again (= again from the beginning).我得从头再写一遍。🔊🔊
    • She tried over and over again (= many times) to get it right.她反复尝试以使其正确。
    • He has yet again (= as has happened many times before) shown that he cannot be trusted.他再一次（以前已经发生过很多次）表明他不能被信任。
    • Once again (= as had happened several times before), the train was late.火车又晚点了。🔊🔊
  2.  
     showing that somebody/something is in the same place or state that they were in originally返回原处；复原
    • We're very happy to be here together again.我们很高兴再次在一起。
    • He was glad to be home again.他很高兴又回到家了。🔊🔊
    • You'll soon feel well again.你很快就会康复的。🔊🔊
    • She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again.她每天上班来回要花两小时。🔊🔊
  3. added to an amount that is already there增加；多
    • The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.现在的价格比两年前提高约一半。🔊🔊
    • I'd like the same again (= the same amount or the same thing).我想再来一份同样的。🔊🔊
  4. used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said再说；其次
    • And again, we must think of the cost.再说，我们必须考虑成本。🔊🔊
  5. then/there again used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said（引出相对照的事实或看法）再说，另一方面
    • We might buy it but then again we might not.我们可能买，不过也可能不买。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1
  6. used when you ask somebody to tell you something or repeat something that you think they have told you already请再说一遍
    • What was the name again?叫什么名字，再说一遍好不好？🔊🔊
    7. Word OriginOld English ongēan, ongægn, etc., of Germanic origin; related to German entgegen ‘opposite’.
Idioms
(every) now and again/then
  1. from time to time; occasionally有时；偶尔；时常
    • Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.她隔一会儿就看看他是否还在睡觉。🔊🔊
    Topics Timeb2
(the) same again
  1. (informal) used to ask somebody to serve you the same drink as before同样的（饮料）再来一份
    • Same again, please!和刚才一样的，请再来一份！🔊🔊
time after time | time and (time) again
  1. often; on many or all occasions一次又一次；一再；屡屡；总是
    • You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.如果你遵循这些用法说明，每次都会得到最佳的效果。🔊🔊
    • Time and again, the girls have shown how strong and determined they can be.女孩们一次又一次地表明自己有多坚强和决心。
    Topics Timeb2