1N-COUNT 独奏会,诗歌朗诵会,个人演唱会 A recital is a performance of music or poetry, usually given by one person. 独奏会,诗歌朗诵会,个人演唱会
...a solo recital by the harpsichordist Maggie Cole.
大键琴演奏家玛吉·科尔的个人独奏会
2N-COUNT (乏味的)叙说;唠叨;老生常谈 If someone speaks for a long time, or says something that is boring or that has been heard many times before, you can describe it as a recital. (乏味的)叙说;唠叨;老生常谈 [written]
Before long we all grew bored with his frequent recital of the foods he couldn't eat. [+ of]
他总是唠叨自己不能吃的那些食物,不久我们所有人都听烦了。
I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.