"rote" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 死记硬背

Definition

通过反复重复学习内容而记住它，通常没有理解其含义；死记硬背。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于教育领域，'by rote'指的是只重复、没有理解地学习，带有负面色彩，暗指学习不深入。常出现在'死记硬背'或'机械记忆'等用法中。

Examples

She learned the poem by rote.

她通过**死记硬背**学会了那首诗。

Children sometimes memorize facts by rote without understanding them.

孩子们有时通过**死记硬背**记住事实，却不理解其含义。

The teacher does not encourage learning by rote.

老师不鼓励**死记硬背**地学习。

I passed the test, but it was just rote memorization—I can't really explain it.

我通过了考试，但那只是**死记硬背**——其实我解释不出来。

Some things you just have to learn by rote—like multiplication tables.

有些东西你只能通过**死记硬背**来学，比如乘法表。

His speech sounded like rote repetition; there was no passion in it.

他的演讲听起来像**死记硬背**的重复，没有激情。