recite

vt. 背诵；叙述；列举

vi. 背诵；叙述

中文词源

recite 背诵，朗诵

re-,向后，往回，cite,召唤，援引。引申词义想起，背诵，朗诵。

recite: recite: [15] Recite came, probably via Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre ‘read out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and citāre ‘call, summon’ (source also of English cite, excite, incite, etc). Recitative ‘speech-like singing’ [17] was borrowed from Italian recitativo.
=> cite, excite, incite
recite (v.): early 15c., from Old French reciter (12c.) and directly from Latin recitare "read aloud, read out, repeat from memory, declaim," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Related: Recited; reciting.

1、re- "back, again" + cit- "summon" + -e.

1. All he could do was recite a list of Government failings.: 他能做的只是列举政府的种种不是。