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

• 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。
• Let's retrace his thinking through each of these processes.
  让我们返溯萨姆的思维活动每一个过程吧！
• In addition, be sure to provide markers, such as back buttons, that users can use to find out where they are and how to retrace their steps.
  另外，确保提供像后退按钮这样的标记，这样用户可以很快找到他们在哪并知道如何返回上一步。
• You might find your ticket if you retrace your steps back to the car.
  如果原路折回到车子那里，就有可能寻回你的票。
• 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。
• 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。
• You must retrace your steps.
  你必须折回原来走过的路；你必须重来一次。
• 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。
• Nevertheless, Kidron is a most moving place for anyone wishing to retrace Jesus'footsteps.
  不过，克德隆仍是人们追寻耶稣脚踪最让人感动的地方。
• 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。