recurrence
/rɪˈkʌrəns/ (bre, ipa) · /rɪˈkɜːrəns/ (ame, ipa) · /ri-ˈkər-ən(t)s -ˈkə-rən(t)s/ (ame, mw)
recurrence — 名詞
- recurrencesingular
- recurrencesplural
1. the fact that something — especially something bad or unwanted — happens again a
再次發生
不好的事經過一段時間後又出現
the fact that something — especially something bad or unwanted — happens again after it had stopped or after a period when it was not present.
Stefan worried about a recurrence of the back pain that had troubled him last winter.
Stefan 擔心去年冬天困擾他的背痛會再次發作。
recurrence of + physical symptom
The doctor said careful treatment would reduce the risk of recurrence.
醫生說謹慎的治療可以降低復發的風險。
risk of recurrence (fixed phrase)
After the earthquake, the government took steps to prevent a recurrence of the building collapse.
地震過後，政府採取措施防止建築物倒塌的事件再次發生。
Xiu's team installed new software to avoid a recurrence of last month's data loss.
Xiu 的團隊安裝了新軟體，以避免上個月的資料遺失事件重演。
A recurrence of the drought would be devastating for the village's crops.
乾旱再次發生對村莊的作物將是毀滅性的打擊。
- repetition
neutral — describes any act of repeating, without the negative connotation of 'recurrence'
- reappearance
focuses on something coming back into view rather than just happening again
- return
broader and more common; can be positive or negative
- disappearance
the act of ceasing to exist or be visible, opposite of reappearing
- cessation
formal term for a complete stop, opposite of starting again
文法句型
a recurrence of + noun phrase
risk of recurrence
prevent/avoid a recurrence
用法筆記
Recurrence is most commonly used for unpleasant or unwanted events — illnesses, social problems, natural disasters, or system failures. Using it for neutral or positive repeating events (e.g. a holiday, a celebration) sounds unnatural.