recollection
UK/,rekə'lekʃ(ə)n/US/.rekә'lekʃәn/
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释义
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。
词根拆分
词根派生re-(重新)+ collect(拢起来)+ -ion = 把散落的记忆重新收拢的动作。回忆被想象成把飘散的碎片*再次*拾拢起来。
词根 lect 还连着 128 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
To the best of my recollection, the meeting was on Monday.
据我记忆所及,会议是在周一。
- 2.
She has only a vague recollection of her early childhood.
她对幼年只有模糊的记忆。