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

• So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route
  于是我驾车返回小镇，重新按路线行驶
• Urged him to retrace his steps.
  并且劝他转回去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I tried to retrace my steps over the past several days.
  我试着重复前几天的动作。
• 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？
• 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！