recollection

US [ˌrekəˈlekʃ(ə)n]
UK [.rekə'lekʃ(ə)n]
  • n.回忆；记忆；记忆力；往事
  • Web回想；追忆；想起
Plural Form：recollections  

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recollection
n.
1.
[u]
记忆力；回忆；记忆the ability to remember sth; the act of remembering sth
I have no recollection of meeting her before.
我不记得以前见过她。
My recollection of events differs from his.
我记忆中的情况和他的不一样。
To the best of my recollection(= if I remember correctly) I was not present at that meeting.
如果我没记错的话，我没有出席那次会议。
2.
[c]
往事；回忆的事a thing that you remember from the past
to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of sth
对某事的记忆清晰╱历历在目╱模糊不清╱依稀如烟

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AllAll,回忆回忆,记忆记忆,记忆力记忆力,往事往事,回想回想,追忆追忆,想起想起
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1.
she had a vague recollection of seeing Deng's article in the early 1990s, but its content did not stick.
她依稀记得在90年代初读到过邓的文章，但不太记得内容。
tā yī xī jì de zài jiǔ shí nián dài chū dú dào guò dèng de wén zhāng , dàn bù tài jì de nèi róng 。
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And all at once the distinct recollection came to him of an afternoon spent with her in a little wood on the banks of the river.
突然，有个鲜明的记忆涌入心头：他和她在河岸的小树林里度过的那个下午。
tū rán , yǒu gè xiān míng de jì yì yǒng rù xīn tóu : tā hé tā zài hé àn de xiǎo shù lín lǐ dù guò de nà ge xià wǔ 。
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3.
You will see him with the rest of us, in the same manner, and, as much as you can, dismissing the recollection of everything unpleasant.
你和我们大家一起见他，态度还和过去一样，尽量忘记一切不愉快的事情。
nǐ hé wǒ men dà jiā yī qǐ jiàn tā , tài du hái hé guò qù yí yàng , jǐn liàng wàng jì yí qiè bù yú kuài de shì qíng 。
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To the best of my recollection, I never treated 'the transformation problem primarily as a matter of determining prices from values.
就我记忆所及，我从来没有把‘转型问题主要当作价格由价值决定的问题’来对待。
jiù wǒ jì yì suǒ jí , wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu bǎ ' zhuǎn xíng wèn tí zhǔ yào dāng zuò jià gé yóu jià zhí jué dìng de wèn tí ' lái duì dài 。
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5.
Howell recalled those silver teeth. He didn't have much of a recollection of his mother.
豪厄尔记得那些银色的牙齿，但却不怎么能想起他的母亲。
háo è ěr jì de nà xiē yín sè de yá chǐ , dàn què bù zěn me néng xiǎng qǐ tā de mǔ qīn 。
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6.
recollection brought fresh waves of sorrow , and sobs again took full charge of him , preventing further speech.
回忆掀起了他新的悲伤狂涛，一阵猛烈的啜泣，噎得他说不下去了。
huí yì xiān qǐ le tā xīn de bēi shāng kuáng tāo , yí zhèn měng liè de chuò qì , yē de tā shuō bù xià qù le 。
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To the best of my recollection, that chicken did not engage in what I would call "road crossing behavior. "
就我记忆所及，这只小鸡根本不能算做我会称作的“穿马路行为”。
jiù wǒ jì yì suǒ jí , zhè zhī xiǎo jī gēn běn bù néng suàn zuò wǒ huì chēng zuò de " chuān mǎ lù xíng wéi " 。
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Next morning when an aide woke him in frigid darkness, a blurry recollection made him shake his aching head.
翌日清晨，一位副官在冰冻的黑暗中把他唤醒，模模糊糊的记忆使他摇了摇发胀的头颅。
yì rì qīng chén , yī wèi fù guān zài bīng dòng de hēi àn zhōng bǎ tā huàn xǐng , mó mó hú hu de jì yì shǐ tā yáo le yáo fā zhàng de tóu lú 。
9.
Paid no attention, allowed emotion to leave unscrupulously and invisibly how much recollection.
不经意间，任情感恣意，无形中留下了多少回忆。
bù jīng yì jiān , rèn qíng gǎn zì yì , wú xíng zhōng liú xià le duō shao huí yì 。
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10.
idol of today pushed the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. . .
今日的偶像把昨日的英雄挤出我们的记忆，随后又会被他明日的继任者所取代。
jīn rì de ǒu xiàng bǎ zuó rì de yīng xióng jǐ chū wǒ men de jì yì , suí hòu yòu huì bèi tā míng rì de jì rèn zhě suǒ qǔ dài 。
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