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

• Urged him to retrace his steps.
  并且劝他转回去。
• 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。
• I could hack into this, retrace her steps, find out where she's been.
  我能破解进入里面，追踪她的足迹，找出她曾去过哪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She clicked through her camera to retrace the flight paths in the photos.
  她翻看相机里的照片，试图在照片上追溯俩人的飞行路径。
• They are scraping DNA off the cheeks of this kaleidoscope of people and attempting to retrace humanity's journey to all corners of the earth on this single street.
  他们在采集不同人种的口腔黏膜DNA样本，试图从这条街回溯人类走遍世界各角落的旅程。