recap: [20] The -cap of recap has of course no immediate connection with cap. The word is short for recapitulate [16], which etymologically denotes ‘repeat the headings’. It comes from late Latin recapitulāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘a(chǎn)gain’ and capitulum ‘section of text, heading’ (source of English chapter). Capitulum was a diminutive form of Latin caput ‘head’, which may ultimately underlie English cap – so the two words could after all be linked. => capitulate, chapter
recap (v.)
1856, "put a cap on again," from re- + cap (n.). Specific sense "put a strip of rubber on the tread of a tire" is 1920s. As a shortened form of recapitulate, it dates from 1920s. Related: Recapped; recapping.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Can you recap the points included in the regional conference proposal?
你能扼要說(shuō)明一下地區(qū)會(huì)議上提案的重點(diǎn)嗎？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Let me just recap on what we've decided so far.
讓我來(lái)概括一下到目前為止我們所作的決定吧。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Each report starts with a recap of how we did versus our projections.