remembrance
noun /rɪˈmembrəns/
/rɪˈmembrəns/
- [uncountable] the act or process of remembering an event in the past or a person who is dead
纪念；记忆；回忆 - in remembrance of somebody/something A service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war.
为当地阵亡的战士举行了纪念仪式。 - a remembrance service
纪念仪式 - (formal) He smiled at the remembrance of their first kiss.
他想起了他们的初吻，露出了微笑。 - a chapel/garden of remembrance (= in memory of people who have died)
纪念死者的教堂／庭园
- in remembrance of somebody/something A service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war.
- [countable] (formal) an object that causes you to remember somebody/something; a memory of somebody/something
纪念品；纪念物；一段记忆 - The cenotaph stands as a remembrance of those killed during the war.
矗立着的纪念碑是对战争中死难者的纪念。 - The group shared their remembrances of life at school.
这群人分享了他们对学校生活的回忆。
- The cenotaph stands as a remembrance of those killed during the war.
词源Middle English: from Old French, from remembrer, from late Latin rememorari ‘call to mind’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin memor ‘mindful’.