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recollection

🇬🇧 UK/,rekə'lekʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/.rekә'lekʃәn/
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Definitions

n.

The act or ability of remembering past events; something remembered from the past.

回忆;记忆;记起的事物

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
cotogether, with
+
lectchoose, read, gather
+
ionact, process, state
=recollection

Common Collocations

  • 1.to the best of my recollection据我记忆所及
  • 2.vivid recollection清晰的记忆
  • 3.childhood recollection童年的回忆
  • 4.have no recollection毫无印象

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    My recollection of the event is quite different from yours.

  • 2.

    To the best of my recollection, the meeting started at nine o'clock.

  • 3.

    She shared her fond recollections of growing up in the countryside.

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