vt.背誦；朗誦；敘述；列舉

vi.背誦；回答問(wèn)題

Can you recite the Ten Commandants? 你能背誦十誡嗎？

I like to recite his poetical works. 我喜歡背誦他的詩(shī)。

She can recite the whole poem from memory. 她能背誦全詩(shī)。

Politicians recite their liturgies in TV studios. 政客們?cè)陔娨曆莶ナ依锢收b禱文。

He loved to recite his grievances. 他愛(ài)喋喋不休地?cái)⑹鲎约旱目嚯y。

My family likes to recite quotations from movies. 我的家人很喜歡列舉電影里的語(yǔ)錄。

I don't like reciting in public. 我不喜歡當(dāng)眾朗誦。

recite的基本意思是“背誦”,引申可作“詳述,列舉”解。在美式英語(yǔ)中,此詞可用于指“背課文”“回答老師關(guān)于課文的提問(wèn)”。

recite可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。