memory

单词辨析:

memory recollection remembrance reminiscence 【导航词义:记忆,回忆】
memory n. 回忆,记忆
〔辨析〕

指对过去的人、地方或经历的记忆,通常用复数。

〔例证〕

She has lots of happy memories of her childhood.

她对童年有许多美好的回忆。

Did those old songs bring back any memories?

那些老歌使你回想起过去的时光了吗?

recollection n. [正式]记忆中的往事;想起,记起
〔辨析〕

指对往昔之事的记忆,也指记起某事的行为。

〔例证〕

His recollection of that trip differs from hers.

他对那次旅行的记忆和她不一样。

She has no recollection of how much money she paid for that dress.

她不记得买那条连衣裙花了多少钱。

remembrance n. [正式]记忆,回忆;纪念
〔辨析〕

指对人或事的记忆,或对已逝之人的悼念。

〔例证〕

a service in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war

纪念当地阵亡战士的仪式

He is over forty now, but he still has a lively remembrance of his childhood.

他40多岁了,但是对童年依然记忆犹新。

reminiscence n. 回忆往事的谈话,回忆录
〔辨析〕

指对往事的回忆,可以是口头的,也可以是书面的,常用复数。

〔例证〕

He continued with reminiscences of his father.

他继续讲着有关他父亲的往事。

This book is a collection of her reminiscences of World War II.

这本书是她对第二次世界大战的回忆录集。

相关例句:

They set up a bronze statue [ monument] to his memory.

他们立了一座铜像[纪念碑]纪念他。

Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.

韦特对第一次见面的记忆很模糊。

Many members of the church sang from memory

许多教徒都是凭记忆唱颂歌。

No-one in living memory has come back from that place alive.

在人们的记忆中,没有人从那个地方生还。

Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.

记忆中,小溪第一次干涸了。

The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory.

撒切尔夫人倒台的那一刻在世人的记忆中留下了永久的印痕。