rehearse
verb uk/rəˈhɜːs/ us/rəˈhɝːs/
C1 [ I or T ](为公演而)排练,排演,彩排
to practise a play, a piece of music, etc. in order to prepare it for public performance
The musicians rehearsed (the symphony) for the concert. 乐师们为音乐会排练(交响曲)。
figurative On her way to her interview she silently rehearsed what she would say. 在去面试的路上,她默诵了一下要说的内容。
[ T ] formal详细复述;反复讲
When someone rehearses a story or an argument, they repeat it with all the details.
These are arguments that I've heard rehearsed at meetings many times before. 这些论点都是我多次在会议上听到的老生常谈了。
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- She's rehearsing for a play she's doing.
- I'm rehearsing with my choir tonight.
- We'd rehearsed so many times we were sick of the show before we'd started.
- His mother rehearsed his lines with him and by the time the play opened he was word perfect.
- We rehearsed each scene over and over.