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military purposes, using
soldiers, planes, etc. to
make an aerial
reconnaissance of the island
o Time spent on
reconnaissance is seldom wasted. iE£{£^±^^|0lJ§XAfi^$Jo
o a reconnaissance aircraft/mission/satellite {i/WAfil / {fjfrj
ZE M re-connect
/.riika'nekt/
verb ~ (sth) (to sth) to connect sth again; to connect to sth again ff [VN]
I replaced the taps and reconnected the water supply. H$7 yf.jZXU'tX&'MT
g 5fcA'o o [V] Once you have
removed the virus it is safe to reconnect to the Internet.
recon noitre (BrE) (NAmE -ter) /,reka'noita(r); NAmE
also ,ri:ka*/ verb [V, VN] to get information about an area,
especially for military purposes, by using soldiers, planes, etc. fjfiH; MJ
re con quer /,ri:‘kDr)ka(r); NAmE
-'ka:rj->/ verb [VN] to take control again of a country or city by
force, after having lost it £§fA^ )
; MM; ^0
re-con-sider /,ri:kan'sida(r)/
verb to think about sth again, especially because you might want to
change a previous decision or opinion £
iJi(: [VN]
to reconsider your
decision/position £§I#ft{ft#J#:AE / 0 [V] Recent
information may persuade the board to reconsider. Ml i& % M M
fs J. tfe ifr A{£ -3 ¥ A 1: $f # ft„ [also V wh} ► recon sid eration /,ri:kan,sida'reijn/ noun
[U, sing.]
re-con-sti-tute /.rir'kDnstitjuit; NAmE
-'kainstatuit/ verb [VN] 1 ~ sth/itself (as sth) (formal) to form an organization
or a group again in a different way MM; S0riS; fL : The group
reconstituted itself as a political party. &A0/f££fr£MA—2 [usually passive] to bring dried food, etc. back to its
original form by adding water {$> ( fit3®'
►
re-con-sti-
tu-tion /.rir.knnstTtjuiJn;
NAmE -,ka:nsta'tu:J'n/ noun [U] recon struct /.riikan'strAkt/ verb
[VN] 1 ~ sth (from sth) to build or make sth
again that has been damaged or that no longer exists HJ[; Mil; Mia: They
have tried to reconstruct the settlement as it would have been in Iron Age
times.
b 2 to be able to
describe or show exactly how a past event happened, using the information you
have gathered {££31: Investigators are
trying to
reconstruct the circumstances of
the crash.
reconstruction
/.riikan'strAkJn/
noun 1 [u] the process of
changing or improving the condition of sth or the way it works; the process of
putting sth back into the state it was in before Jilt; Jt®: the
post-war reconstruction of
work, him 19 4m
a
short
film showing events that are known to have happened in order to try and get
more information or better understanding, especially about a crime # M ( ) (ftj^ft': Last night.police staged a
recon
struction of the incident. X S& ±,
5 Reconstruction [u] (in the
re-con-struct-ive /.riikan'strAktiv/ adj. [only before noun] (of medical treatment
E £r) that involves reconstructing
part of a person’s body because it has been badly damaged or because the person
wants to change its shape i0S.$J; MMtf); M MM : reconstructive
surgery
re-con-vene /,ri:kan'vi:n/
verb [V, VN] if a meeting, parliament, etc. reconvenes or if sb
reconvenes it, it meets again after a break fifrSH
re-COrd 0-w noun, verb a noun /'rekaid; NAmE
'rekard/
WRITTEN ACCOUNT A ® iB ^ 1 [C]
~ (of sth) a written
account of sth that is kept
so that it can be looked at and used in the future iB^; iBi£: You
should keep a record of your expenses. o
medical/dental records Mffij:, X. <> Last summer
was the wettest on
record. Xll^iB^[U Ji
H
A (ft o o It was the worst flood since
records began.
►
MUSIC If X 2 [C]
a thin round piece of plastic on which
music, etc. is recorded P|§
it: to play a record ft
0
a record collection ifc Pi ft 0 a record company (= one
which produces and sells records) P|ft4t^]
►
HIGHEST/BEST * M ; * ft 3 [C] the best result or
the
highest or lowest level that
has ever been reached, especially in sport ( ,% fg W £isft? IM&'$ )
: She holds the world record for the 100 metres. M{£f#If 100 XWittfMBX0 0 to break the
record (= to achieve a better result than there has ever been before)
3&£B ^ 0 to set a new
record MiPr £B^ 0 There was a record number of candidates for the
post, is AIR 0 I got to work in record time. ^cl^M£^'^6{lMStSiU£;^±SEo 0 record profits frj£B X f'J $1 0 Unemployment
has reached a record high (= the highest level ever).
►
OF SB/STH’S PAST MX 4 [sing.] - (on sth) the facts that
are known about sb/sth’s
past behaviour, character, achievements, etc. ( iB¥;
l£JX;
5tj
M: The report criticizes the government’s record on housing. Ac
o The airline has a
good safety record. MiSAk]
A A ‘[f R — 0 tS
o O He has an impressive record of achievement, {feIXW -*I?!])ti4-Af K. — see also TRACK RECORD
►
OF CRIMES IPfj 5 (also .criminal 'record) [C] the fact of
having committed crimes in
the past ?EHiB^:
Does he have a record? fifeW&Witu#?
yi7T?71 (just) for the record 1 used to show that
you want what you are saying to be officially written down and remembered ( #H!icAIE^;iB^
) ( {X ) #fiB^ 2 used to emphasize a point that you are making, so that
the person you are speaking to takes notice ( *MiH ) : And, for the record,
he would be the last person I’d ask.
it is not yet official
and you do not want them to repeat it publicly f&TIHl; put/place sth
on (the) record | be/go
on (the) record (as saying ...)
to say sth publicly or
officially so that it may be written down and repeated A-EFAA(^JaL^): He didn’t want to go on the record as either praising or
criticizing the proposal. put/set
the record straight to give people the correct information
about sth in order to make it clear that what they previously believed was in
fact wrong ;
—
more at matter
n.
m verb /ri'ko:d; NAmE
ri'koird/
►
KEEP ACCOUNT 1 to keep a permanent
account of
facts or events by writing
them down, filming them, storing them in a computer, etc. iB^; iBic: [VN] Her
childhood is recorded in the diaries of those years. M (Hj
0
ifij&o o You should record all your
expenses during your trip.
^
ff A o O [V wh ] His job is to
record how politicians vote on major issues.
*t£A0M£tT$M&A
[also V that, VN that]
►
MAKE COPY A U 2 to make a copy of
music, a film/movie, etc. by storing it on tape or a disc so that you can
listen to or watch it again ^cftr!]; ^ ( W ) ; ^
( {^ ) : [VN] Did you
remember to record that programme for me? B
T ? o a
recorded concert 0 [VN -ing] He recorded the
class rehearsing before the
performance, {
►
MUSIC WfR 3 to
perform music so that it can be copied
onto and kept on tape ; M ( 1# ) :
[VN]
The band is back in the