recollect
UK/,rekə'lekt/US/.rekә'lekt/
B2
Definitions
v.
To remember or call something back to mind
回忆起；想起
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre- (again) + collect (col- 'together' + lect 'gather') = to gather your thoughts together again. Memory here is pictured as scattered pieces you pull back together. Note the stress and meaning differ from re-collect 'to collect again' — recollect is purely about remembering.
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.clearly recollect清楚地记得
- 2.vaguely recollect隐约记得
- 3.recollect the details回想起细节
- 4.as far as I can recollect据我所能回忆
Example Sentences
- 1.
I can't recollect exactly where I left my keys last night.
- 2.
As far as I can recollect, the meeting was scheduled for noon.
- 3.
She recollected the summers she had spent at her grandmother's house.