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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Urged him to retrace his steps.
  并且劝他转回去。
• 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。
• You must retrace your steps.
  你必须折回原来走过的路；你必须重来一次。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。