late 14c., "recover from illness or suffering;" mid-15c., "to return" (to a place), from Latin recurrere "to return, run back, hasten back," figuratively "revert, recur," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1620s. Meaning "happen again" is from 1670s. Related: Recurred; recurring.
雙語例句
1. Economic crises recur periodically.
經濟危機周期性地發生.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
相同的決心以單調的規律年復一年地出現.
來自新概念英語第三冊
3. He did not recur in thought to New York or the flat.
他再也沒去想紐約或者他的公寓.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
4. This source of doubt would not so perpetually recur.
此種疑團,當不會如此長久存在.
來自辭典例句
5. Does history / the past repeat itself? ie Do similar events or situations recur?