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, 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map.
  所以我又驱车返回那个小镇，频频查看地图，重新按路线行驶。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。