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- Last week it also plumbed a record low as Mr Trump reiterated some of his campaign threats against Mexico.
上周，因特朗普重提竞选时曾向墨西哥发出的某些威胁，比索也跌至纪录低位。
——《经济学人》 - Mr. Trump reiterated his climate-change skepticism after a visit to Florida on Thursday.
周四视察佛罗里达州后，特朗普重申了他对气候变化的怀疑态度。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity
[动词] 重复或多次说某事，通常是为了强调或明确
深入解读
Reiterate 一词源自拉丁语 reiterare （重复）的过去分词 reiteratus ，15世纪初进入英语后原用在医药或化学领域表示“一次又一次地重复”某个行为或过程。
等到了16世纪中期后， reiterate 开始发展出现在的主要含义指“反复地说、重申”，常作正式用语使用，主要指为了强调或明确而重复或多次说某件之前已经说过的事，经常意味着态度坚决，但有时候也会产生令人厌烦的（wearying）效果，比如：
- 她一再重申自己以前从未见过该刺客。
She reiterated that she had never seen the assassin before. - 该政治专家重申了自己反对解除制裁的立场。
The political pundit reiterated his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.
名著用例
Scolding, spanking, shaming him, reiterating that the parents didn't want him to do it—none of these things kept the bed dry. So the parents asked: “How can we make this boy want to stop wetting his bed?”
责骂，打屁股，羞辱……一切都无济于事，小男孩照样尿床。这对夫妇思忖：怎样才可以促使儿子夜晚睡觉不尿床呢？
出自美国著名人际关系学大师戴尔·卡耐基（Dale Carnegie）的社会学著作《人性的弱点》（How to Win Friends and Influence People）。
同近义词
- rehearse: state (a list of points, especially those that have been made many times before); enumerate
- dwell on: think, speak, or write at length about a particular subject, especially one that is a source of unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction
- recapitulate: summarize and state again the main points of
