中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
1.折回，折返，退回。
2.探源，调查追溯。
3.回想，回忆；回顾，回头看，重看。
4.重新再描摹。
短语和例子
retrace one's steps 折回；重做。 retrace a book 再从头阅读，再回到前面某处重新阅读。 retrace one's steps [ways] 顺原路返回。

reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
同义词：reconstruct, construct,

to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
同义词：trace,

例句与用法

And he therefore turned round and retraced his steps .
所以他又折回去，往回追踪自己的足迹。

The plunger retraced at once .
柱塞即缩回。

She turned short round and retraced her steps down the avenue .
她蓦地回过身，沿着林阴道重新走下去。

After a short inspection of the melancholy ruins they retraced their steps .
他们看了一看那片凄惨的瓦砾堆，就动身往回走。

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。

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？

The toad retraced his weary way on foot, and related his disappointing experiences to the water rat once more .
癞哈蟆拖着沉重的脚步回到家中，又一次把这令人失望的经历告诉老鼠。

The child left her gathering the flowers that grew upon the grave, and thoughtfully retraced her steps .
孩子离开了她，让她去采集长在坟墓上的鲜花，而自己知若有所思地默然回步了。

A little disgusted and depressed he turned to retrace his steps, for all at once he felt himself very much of a nobody .
他有些懊恼，有些沮丧，就掉过头，从原路走回去，因为他突然觉得自己简直一文不值。

He retraced his steps along central avenue to the depot and found himself quickly before the walls of the very large concern he was seeking .
他沿着中央路朝火车站往回走，不多时来到他正要找的那家很大的工厂的墙外。