retake

verb
🔊/ˌriːˈteɪk/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they retake
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he / she / it retakes
🔊/ˌriːˈteɪks/
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past simple retook
🔊/ˌriːˈtʊk/
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past participle retaken
🔊/ˌriːˈteɪkən/
🔊/ˌriːˈteɪkən/
-ing form retaking
🔊/ˌriːˈteɪkɪŋ/
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  1. retake something (especially of an army尤指部队) to take control of something such as a town again收复(失地);恢复控制
    • Government forces moved in to retake the city.政府军开进城市,以恢复对它的控制。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) Moore fought back to retake the lead later in the race.后来穆尔奋力反击,重新夺回了比赛中的领先地位。🔊🔊
  2. (British English also resit)
    [transitive, intransitive] to take an exam or a test again, usually after failing it the first time
重考;(通常指)补考

retake

noun
🔊/ˈriːteɪk/
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  1. the act of filming a scene in a film again, because it was not right before重拍(电影镜头)
    • We had to do several retakes before we got it right.我们得重拍了几次才拍好。
  2. (British English also resit)
    the act of taking an exam or a test again, usually after failing it the first time重拍(电影镜头)Topics Educationc1