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词汇 rehearse
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Definition of rehearse in English:

rehearse

verb rɪˈhəːsrəˈhərs
[with object]
  • 1Practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance.

    排演,排练

    we were rehearsing a radio play

    我们最近在排练一个广播剧。

    no object she was rehearsing for her world tour

    她正在为世界巡回演出进行排练。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lines were learned hurriedly - in some cases only half-learned - songs and music were rehearsed until vocal chords and fingers were sore.
    • You rehearse the works for so long that you can explore the nuances and feel really at home in those ballets.
    • I really love the creative process and when I lived in New York, I was always doing a play, rehearsing a play and auditioning for a play.
    • I am rehearsing the music every day because it has to blend well with the dialogues.
    • The company then rehearses a new work for next year.
    • They also visited the school where the play was rehearsed before the debut performance.
    • Even though the team has started rehearsing the play, they are not sure where the money is to come from.
    • The actors have been rehearsing the play since after the Christmas break and are putting the finishing touches to their respective roles.
    • He would like to have a little more time to rehearse each play.
    • Once the music has been rehearsed Charles then conducts a complete performance of the work.
    • A cast of 11 are currently rehearsing the play which was written in 1907 and was Mr Fitzmaurice's first and biggest commercial success.
    • She confessed that she did spend a lot of time practising for the competition and rehearsing her performances.
    • Saturday afternoon was spent at the dance school with Declan, rehearsing for the upcoming England National Dance Competition.
    • It was bad news, though, to hear that this production gave itself under two weeks to cast and rehearse the two plays.
    • It was more like rehearsing a play but the rehearsal was being filmed.
    • I was in the middle of rehearsing a play here in Stratford.
    • One day the orchestra was rehearsing a commissioned work.
    • Never a group to stand still, the theatre company are currently rehearsing a new play to be launched next year and are also helping out a local charity in the process.
    • Then, at 2 o'clock, everyone else comes in, and we rehearse the ensemble music until 5 o'clock, sometimes six.
    • The Academy has a busy season ahead, rehearsing for performances in the Theatre Royal which will take place at the end of May, 2006.
    Synonyms
    prepare, practise, try out, read through, sing through, walk through, run through/over, go over
    North American informal run down
    practise, have a practice session, prepare, have a trial performance, go through one's paces
    1. 1.1 Supervise (a performer or group) during a rehearsal.
      监督(表演者或团体)排演
      he listened to Charlie rehearsing the band

      他在听查理主持乐队排练。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her sister Doris had been employed to rehearse a group of dancing girls for a road show.
      • Within months Donnellan was rehearsing dancers in his own Romeo and Juliet.
      • On a break from rehearsing his touring band, making movies, recording his next album and taking care of his new son, Billy called.
      • As the logistics of rehearsing a large group with electric instruments became increasingly difficult, Klein and Ford found themselves increasingly drawn to acoustic practices in the comfort of their living room.
      • Did you need a long time to rehearse your actors?
      Synonyms
      train, drill, prepare, coach, tutor, groom, put someone through their paces, teach, instruct, school, direct, guide, inculcate
    2. 1.2 Mentally prepare or recite (words one intends to say)
      (对要讲的话)默背,背诵
      he had rehearsed a thousand fine phrases

      他已经背诵了1,000条隽语。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had been prepared for this and even mentally rehearsed such activities.
      • As she walking down the corridor, she rehearsed mentally the words she would say to him later.
      • Mary said the words she had been rehearsing in her head for hours.
      • He deliberately slowed down, so that he was several steps behind his friends and mentally rehearsed his speech for the umpteenth time.
      • Tensing as they approached gradually, she mentally rehearsed her excuse in her head.
      • She had told herself a thousand times, while rehearsing her lines in front of her bathroom mirror - and that had been since two days ago - that this was for the better, that she would, in fact, benefit from what she was going to do.
      • Mentally rehearse how you will deliver the news.
      • I wasn't sure I was really articulating my reasons properly, but it was the best I could do without having the chance to rehearse my words.
      • The speech might have sounded rehearsed in words, but in the tone of her voice, I felt that these words came from the heart.
      • There was something about her calm, cool demeanour and the way her words sounded like they had been rehearsed and perfected which rendered Jack speechless.
      • Mentally rehearse difficult situations in which you imagine yourself as successful.
      • His words were purely rehearsed but his smile seemed genuine.
      • To me her words sounded slightly forced, almost as if she had rehearsed them beforehand.
      • Thinking up answers and rehearsing them mentally, would give them a lot of confidence when going through the real event.
      • Since my decision the night before I'd been mentally rehearsing my confession.
      • The words sounded rehearsed as though he had spoken them to himself too many times to count.
      • He rehearsed again in his head the words ‘will you marry me?’
      • She had rehearsed these words during the flight.
      • Nervousness set in and the words he had rehearsed over and over in his head for months escaped his brain completely, rendering him a stuttering mess.
      • My voice is calm and even-toned, like I had rehearsed this confession a thousand times over.
  • 2State (a list of points that have been made many times before)

    屡次讲,反复讲;列举,历数

    criticisms of factory farming have been rehearsed often enough

    对禽畜工厂化饲养的批评已经反复得够多了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The arguments have already been well rehearsed against the teams jetting off to sunny climes.
    • This is not the place to rehearse in detail the enormous changes that modernity has brought to human life.
    • The detail of what amounted to those reasonable precautions I have rehearsed already to your Honours.
    • In a long judgment the judge carefully rehearsed the arguments on each side before dismissing the application.
    • My Lord, I do not propose to rehearse the arguments that were put forward by Mr Kovats and, indeed, that your Lordship has considered in the judgment.
    • I heartily agree and am consequently tempted to stop rehearsing the details of Beerbohm's life.
    • I don't want to rehearse my criticisms of his tactics or the failures of his deplorable regime during the Oslo negotiations and thereafter.
    • I need not rehearse the detail of each such attempt, but I refer to one which is independently verified as an example of what has occurred.
    • It is unnecessary to rehearse the details of the case against him.
    • I do not propose to rehearse in detail all those matters which I have identified earlier in this judgment as tending to the rejection of the Applications.
    • There's little need to rehearse the points in detail.
    • My Lord, I do not propose to rehearse the arguments again.
    • I do not intend to rehearse every argument again in detail.
    Synonyms
    enumerate, list, itemize, detail, spell out, set out, present, specify, name, give, describe, delineate, catalogue, recite, rattle off
    restate, repeat, reiterate, recapitulate, recount, go over, run through, review
    informal recap

Derivatives

  • rehearser

  • noun rɪˈhəːsərəˈhərsər
    • He is a dedicated rehearser, enjoying the long sessions as much if not more than performances.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'repeat aloud'): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- 'again' + hercer 'to harrow', from herse 'harrow' (see hearse).

Definition of rehearse in US English:

rehearse

verbrəˈhərsrəˈhərs
[with object]
  • 1Practice (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance.

    排演,排练

    we were rehearsing a play

    我们最近在排练一个广播剧。

    no object she was rehearsing for her world tour

    她正在为世界巡回演出进行排练。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was more like rehearsing a play but the rehearsal was being filmed.
    • He would like to have a little more time to rehearse each play.
    • The actors have been rehearsing the play since after the Christmas break and are putting the finishing touches to their respective roles.
    • Never a group to stand still, the theatre company are currently rehearsing a new play to be launched next year and are also helping out a local charity in the process.
    • Lines were learned hurriedly - in some cases only half-learned - songs and music were rehearsed until vocal chords and fingers were sore.
    • I really love the creative process and when I lived in New York, I was always doing a play, rehearsing a play and auditioning for a play.
    • A cast of 11 are currently rehearsing the play which was written in 1907 and was Mr Fitzmaurice's first and biggest commercial success.
    • Once the music has been rehearsed Charles then conducts a complete performance of the work.
    • The Academy has a busy season ahead, rehearsing for performances in the Theatre Royal which will take place at the end of May, 2006.
    • Even though the team has started rehearsing the play, they are not sure where the money is to come from.
    • You rehearse the works for so long that you can explore the nuances and feel really at home in those ballets.
    • It was bad news, though, to hear that this production gave itself under two weeks to cast and rehearse the two plays.
    • The company then rehearses a new work for next year.
    • I am rehearsing the music every day because it has to blend well with the dialogues.
    • Saturday afternoon was spent at the dance school with Declan, rehearsing for the upcoming England National Dance Competition.
    • They also visited the school where the play was rehearsed before the debut performance.
    • I was in the middle of rehearsing a play here in Stratford.
    • One day the orchestra was rehearsing a commissioned work.
    • Then, at 2 o'clock, everyone else comes in, and we rehearse the ensemble music until 5 o'clock, sometimes six.
    • She confessed that she did spend a lot of time practising for the competition and rehearsing her performances.
    Synonyms
    prepare, practise, try out, read through, sing through, walk through, run over, run through, go over
    practise, have a practice session, prepare, have a trial performance, go through one's paces
    1. 1.1 Supervise (a performer or group) that is practicing for later public performance.
      监督(表演者或团体)排演
      he listened to Charlie rehearsing the band

      他在听查理主持乐队排练。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Within months Donnellan was rehearsing dancers in his own Romeo and Juliet.
      • On a break from rehearsing his touring band, making movies, recording his next album and taking care of his new son, Billy called.
      • Her sister Doris had been employed to rehearse a group of dancing girls for a road show.
      • As the logistics of rehearsing a large group with electric instruments became increasingly difficult, Klein and Ford found themselves increasingly drawn to acoustic practices in the comfort of their living room.
      • Did you need a long time to rehearse your actors?
      Synonyms
      train, drill, prepare, coach, tutor, groom, put someone through their paces, teach, instruct, school, direct, guide, inculcate
    2. 1.2 Mentally prepare or recite (words one intends to say)
      (对要讲的话)默背,背诵
      he had rehearsed a thousand fine phrases

      他已经背诵了1,000条隽语。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mentally rehearse how you will deliver the news.
      • I wasn't sure I was really articulating my reasons properly, but it was the best I could do without having the chance to rehearse my words.
      • Tensing as they approached gradually, she mentally rehearsed her excuse in her head.
      • The speech might have sounded rehearsed in words, but in the tone of her voice, I felt that these words came from the heart.
      • As she walking down the corridor, she rehearsed mentally the words she would say to him later.
      • There was something about her calm, cool demeanour and the way her words sounded like they had been rehearsed and perfected which rendered Jack speechless.
      • He rehearsed again in his head the words ‘will you marry me?’
      • Mentally rehearse difficult situations in which you imagine yourself as successful.
      • Thinking up answers and rehearsing them mentally, would give them a lot of confidence when going through the real event.
      • Nervousness set in and the words he had rehearsed over and over in his head for months escaped his brain completely, rendering him a stuttering mess.
      • The words sounded rehearsed as though he had spoken them to himself too many times to count.
      • He deliberately slowed down, so that he was several steps behind his friends and mentally rehearsed his speech for the umpteenth time.
      • My voice is calm and even-toned, like I had rehearsed this confession a thousand times over.
      • She had rehearsed these words during the flight.
      • He had been prepared for this and even mentally rehearsed such activities.
      • She had told herself a thousand times, while rehearsing her lines in front of her bathroom mirror - and that had been since two days ago - that this was for the better, that she would, in fact, benefit from what she was going to do.
      • To me her words sounded slightly forced, almost as if she had rehearsed them beforehand.
      • His words were purely rehearsed but his smile seemed genuine.
      • Mary said the words she had been rehearsing in her head for hours.
      • Since my decision the night before I'd been mentally rehearsing my confession.
    3. 1.3 State (a list of points, especially those that have been made many times before); enumerate.
      屡次讲,反复讲;列举,历数
      criticisms of factory farming have been rehearsed often enough

      对禽畜工厂化饲养的批评已经反复得够多了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I need not rehearse the detail of each such attempt, but I refer to one which is independently verified as an example of what has occurred.
      • There's little need to rehearse the points in detail.
      • I do not intend to rehearse every argument again in detail.
      • I don't want to rehearse my criticisms of his tactics or the failures of his deplorable regime during the Oslo negotiations and thereafter.
      • The arguments have already been well rehearsed against the teams jetting off to sunny climes.
      • In a long judgment the judge carefully rehearsed the arguments on each side before dismissing the application.
      • This is not the place to rehearse in detail the enormous changes that modernity has brought to human life.
      • I heartily agree and am consequently tempted to stop rehearsing the details of Beerbohm's life.
      • The detail of what amounted to those reasonable precautions I have rehearsed already to your Honours.
      • My Lord, I do not propose to rehearse the arguments that were put forward by Mr Kovats and, indeed, that your Lordship has considered in the judgment.
      • My Lord, I do not propose to rehearse the arguments again.
      • I do not propose to rehearse in detail all those matters which I have identified earlier in this judgment as tending to the rejection of the Applications.
      • It is unnecessary to rehearse the details of the case against him.
      Synonyms
      enumerate, list, itemize, detail, spell out, set out, present, specify, name, give, describe, delineate, catalogue, recite, rattle off

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse ‘harrow’ (see hearse).

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