1.recite的基本意思是“背诵”,引申可作“详述,列举”解。在美式英语中,此词可用于指“背课文”“回答老师关于课文的提问”。
2.recite可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The teacher called on me to recite.老师叫我背诵。
I don't like to recite in public.我不愿意当众背诵。
It is your turn to recite,Kaplan.凯普兰,该你背了。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He can recite that poem from memory.他可以吟诵出那首诗。
The little girl refused to recite a poem at the party.那个小女孩拒绝在晚会上背诗。
I repeated them until I could recite seventy stories without dropping a word.我反复背诵,直到我能一字不漏地背出七十篇故事来。
He loved to recite his grievances.他喜欢向别人诉说自己的苦情。
The author recited his life story.作者叙述了自己的人生经历。
The teacher recited the names of all the capital cities of Europe.这位老师说出了欧洲所有国家首都的名称。
用作双宾动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+to pron./n.
She recited her poetry to the audience.她当众朗诵了自己的诗集。
The mayor recited to the Queen a long and tedious speech of welcome.市长向女王背了一篇又臭又长的欢迎词。

recite, describe, narrate, recount, rehearse, relate, report, state
参见relate条。