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recollect

🇬🇧 UK/,rekə'lekt/🇺🇸 US/.rekә'lekt/
B2

Definitions

v.

To recall or bring back to mind; to remember something from the past.

回忆;想起;记起

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
coltogether, with
+
lectchoose, read, gather
=recollect

Common 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.[recollect the events]回忆起事件经过

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    I can barely recollect the details of that summer vacation.

  • 2.

    She paused, trying to recollect where she had left her keys.

  • 3.

    Do you recollect meeting him at the conference last year?

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