retrace

英 [rɪˈtreɪs]

美 [rɪˈtreɪs]

v.  沿原路返回; 折回; 重走(别人走过的路线); 追溯; 找出; 回顾

过去式：retraced　现在分词：retracing　过去分词：retraced　第三人称单数：retraces　

GRE电力

Collins.1 / BNC.14353 / COCA.13708

牛津词典

verb

• 沿原路返回；折回
  to go back along exactly the same path or route that you have come along
  1. She turned around and began to retrace her steps towards the house.
     她转身沿原路向那栋房子走去。
• 重走（别人走过的路线）
  to make the same trip that sb else has made in the past
  1. They are hoping to retrace the epic voyage of Christopher Columbus.
     他们期待着沿哥伦布的壮丽航程进行一次航行。
• 追溯；找出；回顾
  to find out what sb has done or where they have been
  1. Detectives are trying to retrace her movements on the night she disappeared.
     侦探试图查出她失踪当晚的行踪。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 举（步）折回;沿（原路）返回
  If youretraceyour steps orretraceyour way, you return to the place you started from by going back along the same route.
  1. He retraced his steps to the spot where he'd left the case.
     他折回到他丢下箱子的地方。

英英释义

verb

• reassemble mentally
  1. reconstruct the events of 20 years ago
  Synonym:reconstructconstruct
• to go back over again
  1. we retraced the route we took last summer
  2. trace your path
  Synonym:trace

双语例句

• But there were so many hillocks and banks to climb and pass, that, at length, I began to be weary, and told her we must halt, and retrace our steps.
  可是有这么多小山和斜坡要爬、要过，终于我开始感到累了，就告诉她我们必须打住往回走。
• So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map. I landed up at the same corner.
  所以我开车回城，重新回忆路线，时不时地查看地图，最后我还是来到同一个转角。
• If the system is not accurately isolating the defects, retrace the steps and try again.
  如果系统没有准确地分隔缺陷，重新再进行这些步骤。
• People from 28 different countries have booked to travel and retrace the liner's original route.
  来自28个不同国家的人们预订了纪念号的船票，他们希望沿着当年的航线重温传奇之旅。
• He had not the strength to retrace his steps, to recommence the journey which he had already taken.
  退回去，重新走那条骇人的已走过的路线，他已没有力气。
• You must retrace your steps.
  你必须折回原来走过的路；你必须重来一次。
• I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map.
  所以我又驱车返回那个小镇，频频查看地图，重新按路线行驶。
• I need to retrace your steps.
  我要重复你的步骤。
• It also transports auxiliary data bi-directionally over the same link during the video vertical retrace interval.
  它还辅助数据传输双向视频在垂直回扫过程中间隔相同的链接。
• At the moment when the traveller, after the inward deliberation which we have just described, resolved to retrace his steps, this child returned.
  这位赶路人在经过了我们刚才所说的那些思想活动以后，正打算原路踅回头，那孩子回来了。