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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！