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

• We were lost and decided to retrace our steps.
  我们迷路了，决定沿原路返回。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。