again
adverb uk/əˈɡen/ /əˈɡeɪn/ us/əˈɡen/
(ONE MORE TIME)
A1 又，再一次
one more time
Could you spell your name again, please? 请您再拼一次您的名字好吗？
If he does it again I'll have to tell him. 如果他再这么做，我就不能不提醒他了。
Deborah's late again. 德博拉又迟到了。
Throw it away and start again. 扔了它，重新开始。
A2 （回）到原处;复原
back to the original place or condition
We went to Edinburgh and back again all in one day. 我们去了爱丁堡，当天又返了回来。
Get some rest and you'll soon be well again. 休息一下，你很快就会康复的。
once againB1 （数次发生后）再次;再三
If something happens once again, it has already happened several times before.
You are reminded once again of the author's love of the sea. 你会再次感受到作者对大海的热爱。
His latest movie once again features a stunning soundtrack.
Once again, Cam proves she's one of the best hip-hop artists around.
The government's moral confusion has been exposed once again.
Once again, her paintings draw inspiration from everyday life.
never again! （表示不愿再经历不愉快的事情）受够了！再也不做了！
said after an unpleasant experience to show that you do not intend to do it again
He drove me back home last night. Never again! 昨晚他开车把我送回家。以后再也不让他送了！
I had to pay a large fine, and I thought to myself, "Never again!"
I worked on a project Monica was managing once. Never again!
Last week I babysat her kids for a couple of hours. Never again! They were a nightmare!
Paul used to borrow cash from us quite regularly. Never again!
yet againB2 （多次发生后）再次;屡屡
If something happens yet again, it has already happened many times before.
I'm afraid it's been delayed yet again. 恐怕这又给耽误了。
Watching events unfold, I was reminded yet again of how quickly conflicts can escalate.
It looks as though Schwarz is likely to be convicted yet again.
He was forced, yet again, to return to the laboratory and start all over.
Yet again, we find ourselves dealing with problems caused by their carelessness.
again and againB1 一再，屡次
repeatedly
I've told you again and again not to do that. 我一再告诉过你不要那样做。
It's a theme that crops up again and again in her work.
She was arrested again and again, but somehow managed to continue her campaign.
Using a thesaurus is the best way to avoid repeating the same words again and again.
Again and again, he reverts to his tactic of using legal language in order to confuse listeners.
all over againB2 重新做起，从头再来
If you do something all over again, you start again from the beginning.
It's already taken me two hours - I don't want to have to do it all over again. 这已经花了我两个钟头了，我可不想从头再做一次。
After the accident, she had to learn to walk all over again.
My legal qualifications weren't valid here, so I basically had to start all over again.
Why do we keep making the same mistakes all over again?
At the end of the season the vines are pruned, and the next year you start all over again.
- More examples
- If you think it's wrong, cross it out and write it again.
- "I never want to see you ever again, " he shouted as he stormed out of the house.
- I'm not going to let him repair my bike again because he made a really bad job of it last time.
- I was very nervous about driving again after the accident.
- If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.
(IN ADDITION)
增加；多
in addition to the amount we know about or have mentioned already
They are paid half as much again as we are. 他们的薪水比我们的多一半。
Idiom
then againidiom (also there again)C2 （用于表达与先前说法不同或相反的想法）话说回来，另一方面，然而
used when you have had a new thought that is different from or the opposite of what you have just said
I like to travel but, then again, I'm very fond of my home. 我喜欢旅游，可是另一方面我也很喜欢家里。