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.
recur 双语例句
1. Economic crises recur periodically.
经济危机周期性地发生.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
相同的决心以单调的规律年复一年地出现.
来自新概念英语第三册
3. He did not recur in thought to New York or the flat.
他再也没去想纽约或者他的公寓.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
4. This source of doubt would not so perpetually recur.
此种疑团,当不会如此长久存在.
来自辞典例句
5. Does history / the past repeat itself? ie Do similar events or situations recur?