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

• Meanwhile Angel Clare had walked automatically along the way by which he had come. I dropped my keys and had to retrace my steps for nearly a mile before I found them.
  那时候，安玑·克莱已经丢魂失魄地顺着原先的来路走回去了。我把钥匙丢失了，结果只得顺原路折回，走了差不多一英里才找到。
• You must retrace your steps.
  你必须折回原来走过的路；你必须重来一次。
• Does the ability to map the unknown deserve less credit from society than the ability to retrace the known?
  预测未知的能力，难道不如追究已知的能力值得社会推重吗？
• Once at Shin Kong find whatever takes your fancy, and then retrace route.
  一旦在新光天地找到引发想象力的东西，就会重走一遍路线。
• I tried to retrace my steps over the past several days.
  我试着重复前几天的动作。
• 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。
• While some of those on board the memorial cruise were relatives of the victims, others had paid thousands of pounds in order to retrace the vessel's fateful journey from Southampton to New York.
  尽管纪念邮轮上的一些人是遇难者的亲属，但也有一些是专门花费了几千英镑的船票来重游泰坦尼克号从南安普敦开往纽约的宿命之旅。
• My leader also stopped, and was so kind as to allow me to retrace my steps.
  和善的夫子同我站在一块不动，而且允许我往后退回一些。
• We should retrace the roots of racism in the perspective of history.
  我们应该从历史上去追溯种族主义形成的根源。
• We were lost and decided to retrace our steps.
  我们迷路了，决定沿原路返回。