recollection
UK/,rekə'lekʃ(ə)n/US/.rekә'lekʃәn/
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Definitions
n.
The action of remembering something.
回忆（这一行为）。
n.
A thing remembered; a memory of the past.
记忆，往事回忆。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre-again, back
+
col-together, with
+
-ionact, process, state
=recollection
re- (back/again) + collect (gather together) + -ion = the act of gathering your scattered memories back together. Remembering is pictured as re-collecting fragments that had drifted apart.
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.to the best of my recollection据我记忆所及
- 2.vivid recollection清晰的记忆
- 3.have no recollection毫无印象
- 4.childhood recollection童年的回忆
Example Sentences
- 1.
To the best of my recollection, the meeting was on Monday.
- 2.
She has only a vague recollection of her early childhood.