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narrate

verb
🔊/nəˈreɪt/
🔊/ˈnæreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they narrate
🔊/nəˈreɪt/
🔊/ˈnæreɪt/
he / she / it narrates
🔊/nəˈreɪts/
🔊/ˈnæreɪts/
past simple narrated
🔊/nəˈreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈnæreɪtɪd/
past participle narrated
🔊/nəˈreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈnæreɪtɪd/
-ing form narrating
🔊/nəˈreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈnæreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. narrate something (formal) to tell a story讲（故事）；叙述 synonym relate
    • She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa.她讲述她在非洲的历险来逗他们开心。🔊🔊
    • The story is narrated in flashback.这个故事采用了倒叙手法。
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  2. narrate something to speak the words that form the text of a documentary film or programme给（纪录片或节目）解说
    • The film was narrated by Andrew Sachs.这部电影是由安德鲁 · 萨克斯解说的。🔊🔊
    Topics Film and theatrec1
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin narrat- ‘related, told’, from the verb narrare (from gnarus ‘knowing’).