recapitulate
verb (formal)(also recap)
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recapitulate | |
| he / she / it recapitulates | |
| past simple recapitulated | |
| past participle recapitulated | |
| -ing form recapitulating |
to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc. 重述；概括 To recapitulate briefly, the three main points are these… 简要概括起来，主要有这样三点… - recapitulate on something
To recapitulate briefly on the three main points… 简要概括三个要点… - recapitulate something
To recapitulate the three main points briefly… 简要概括三个要点… - recapitulate what, where, etc…
To recapitulate what has been decided so far… 概括一下到目前为止已经决定的事情…
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin recapitulat- ‘gone through heading by heading’, from re- ‘again’ + capitulum ‘chapter’ (diminutive of caput ‘head’).