recollect
verb /ˌrekəˈlekt/
/ˌrekəˈlekt/
[transitive, intransitive] not used in the progressive tenses动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they recollect | /ˌrekəˈlekt/ /ˌrekəˈlekt/ |
| he / she / it recollects | /ˌrekəˈlekts/ /ˌrekəˈlekts/ |
| past simple recollected | /ˌrekəˈlektɪd/ /ˌrekəˈlektɪd/ |
| past participle recollected | /ˌrekəˈlektɪd/ /ˌrekəˈlektɪd/ |
| past simple recollecting | /ˌrekəˈlektɪŋ/ /ˌrekəˈlektɪŋ/ |
| past participle recollecting | /ˌrekəˈlektɪŋ/ /ˌrekəˈlektɪŋ/ |
- to remember something, especially by making an effort to remember it
记起；回忆起；记得 - recollect (something) She could no longer recollect the details of the letter.
她想不起那封信的细节了。 - As far as I can recollect, she wasn't there on that occasion.
据我回忆，当时她不在场。 - recollect what, how, etc… I don't recollect what he said.
我不记得他说过什么。 - recollect that… I recollect that we were all gathered in the kitchen.
我记得当时我们都被召集到厨房里。 - recollect (somebody/something) doing something I recollect him/his saying that it was dangerous.
我记得他说那很危险。 - + speech ‘It was just before the war,’ she recollected.
“那是在战争即将发生之际。” 她回忆道。
词源early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘gather’): from Latin recollect- ‘gathered back’, from the verb recolligere, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’. - recollect (something) She could no longer recollect the details of the letter.