recollection
noun /ˌrekəˈlekʃn/
/ˌrekəˈlekʃn/
(formal)- [uncountable] the ability to remember something; the act of remembering something
记忆力；回忆；记忆 - recollection (of doing something) I have no recollection of meeting her before.
我不记得以前见过她。 - recollection (of something) 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。
- I have absolutely no recollection of the incident.
我对那件事一点儿也记不起来了。 - She smiled faintly in recollection of all the fun times they'd had together.
回想起他们曾经一起度过的快乐时光，她微微一笑。 - She stared at him in sudden recollection.
她凝神而视，忽然认出他来。 - To the best of my recollection , he was not there that day.
假如我没记错的话，那天他不在场。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- distinct
- vivid
- …
- have (no)
- share
- smile at
- …
- in recollection
- recollection from
- recollection of
- …
- to the best of your recollection
- recollection (of doing something) I have no recollection of meeting her before.
- [countable] a thing that you remember from the past
往事；回忆的事 - to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of something
对某事的记忆清晰／历历在目／模糊不清／依稀如烟 - his early recollections of his father
他对父亲的早期记忆
- He smiled fondly at the recollection.
想起这件往事时他露出了愉悦的微笑。 - I have only a vague recollection of sunshine and sand.
我只隐约记得有阳光和沙滩。 - It was great to meet with old friends and share recollections.
与老朋友见面共同回忆往事是件美妙的事情。 - The novel is based on recollections of his childhood in Shanghai.
这部小说是根据他在上海的童年记忆写成的。 - The place brought back painful recollections.
这个地方勾起了痛苦的回忆。 - recollections from Eliot's own life
艾略特生平回忆
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- distinct
- vivid
- …
- have (no)
- share
- smile at
- …
- in recollection
- recollection from
- recollection of
- …
- to the best of your recollection
- to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of something
词源late 16th cent. (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again’, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’.