recount1
verb (formal)to tell somebody about something, especially something that you have experienced 讲述,叙述(亲身经历) - recount something (to somebody)
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。 - recount what, how, etc…
They recounted what had happened during those years. 他们叙述了那些年里发生的事。 - + speech
‘It was before the war,’ he recounted. “那是在战前。” 他叙述道。
Extra ExamplesThe murders are recounted in gruesome detail. 这些谋杀案的骇人细节都叙述得很清楚。 The story of his life is vividly recounted in this new book. 这本新书生动地描述了他的一生。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRecount is used with these nouns as the object:- anecdote
- ballot
- event
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French reconter ‘tell again’, based on Old French counter, from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.- recount something (to somebody)