recall

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re·call1 /rɪˈkɔːl $ ˈriːkɒːl/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb  1  remember STH 记起某事 [intransitive, transitive not in progressive]REMEMBER to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past 回想，回忆起〔某事物〕 You don’t happen to recall his name, do you? 你不会恰巧还想得起他的名字吧？recall (that) I seem to recall I’ve met him before somewhere. 我好像记得以前在哪儿见过他。recall doing something I don’t recall seeing any cars parked outside. 我想不起来看到有车停在外面。recall what/how/where etc I can’t recall who gave me the information. 我记不起是谁告诉我这个信息的。 As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place. 我记得，是你首先提出这个想法的。► see thesaurus at remember2  person 人 [transitive]PGO to officially tell someone to come back to a place or group 召回recall somebody to something Cole was recalled to the squad to replace the injured Quinn. 科尔被召回队里代替受伤的奎因。recall somebody from something The Ambassador was recalled from Washington. 大使被从华盛顿召回。3  product 产品 [transitive]BB if a company recalls one of its products, it asks people who have bought it to return it because there may be something wrong with it 收回〔有问题的产品〕 The cars had to be recalled due to an engine fault. 由于发动机缺陷，那些汽车必须召回。4. computer 计算机 [transitive] to bring information back onto the screen of a computer 〔在计算机屏幕上〕重新调出，检索〔信息〕5  be similar to STH 与某物相似 [transitive]SAME if something recalls something else, it makes you think of it because it is very similar 〔由于酷似而〕使人回忆起 The furnishings recall the 1960s. 室内陈设让人回想起20世纪60年代。6. politics 政治 [transitive] American English to vote to remove someone from their political position 罢免→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

recall• The meeting went very well, as I recall.• The company voluntarily recalled about 11,000 of the devices to check them for defects.• Thousands of car baby-seats have had to be recalled after a fault was discovered in the safety harness.• a style of film-making that recalls Alfred Hitchcock• David recalled an incident that took place in the family home some 12 years previously.• Howard sighed. He could not recall ever being this tired before.• She recalls few low points in the four years since going public and has never regretted that decision.• Over 10,000 of the faulty irons had to be recalled from store shelves.• "I didn't like him very much, " Kev recalled. "He was arrogant."• As a child, she recalled, her parents had seemed very happy together.• As he later recalled, it was a damp, cold day.• The visitors recall medium pacer Martin Howie after completing a college course and Paul Johnson also returns.• For example, recall that in Euclidean geometry the sum of the angles of any triangle is always 1800.• I recall that on at least one occasion I saw him taking money from the office.• All the same, it was difficult to recall the legend exactly.• Opposition is seen as traumatic, a frightening situation because it recalls the violence of Mecca before the triumph of the One.• About 30 ambassadors were recalled to Moscow to explain their conduct in the coup.• He didn't like to recall what a disaster his business venture had been.recall (that)• Thousands of dangerous Candy machines are still in use despite a recall by the manufacturers.• I tried to recall details of Frankenstein's ghastly history.• He couldn't understand why he didn't recall it himself.• He stores his information in his brain and has an amazing recall of detail.• They recall our travels and migration, they recall great hunters, they are the notes and music of our songs.• I recall passing several boring hours in the California desert under dense, unbroken clouds before giving up.• Of course, the ousted Democrats see the recall results differently.• As 1 recall, we had until November 1, and this was October already.

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re·call2 /rɪˈkɔːl, ˈriːkɔːl $ -ɒːl/ noun  1  memory 记忆 [uncountable]REMEMBER the ability to remember something that you have learned or experienced 记忆力，记性 A child’s recall is usually accurate. 儿童的记忆力通常很准确。 He had total recall (=remembered everything) of every play in the game. 比赛中的一招一式他都记得清清楚楚。2  order to return 命令返回 [singular, uncountable]PG an official order telling someone to return to a place, especially before they expected to 召回recall of the recall of their ambassador 将他们的大使召回3. beyond recall REMEMBERimpossible to bring back or remember 无法恢复；记不起来4. product 产品 [countable] when a company asks people to return a product they have bought because there may be something wrong with it 〔因产品有问题的〕收回5  politics 政治 [singular, uncountable] American English a vote to remove someone from their political position, or the act of being removed by a vote 罢免recall of the recall of four city council members 罢免四名市政会成员

Examples from the Corpus

recall• Thousands of dangerous Candy machines are still in use despite a recall by the manufacturers.• That would be the fourth recall in five years.• Our results pertain to a sample of 101 subjects, in many of whom the birth weight was obtained by maternal recall.• In advanced cases of the disease, there is a very rapid loss of recall and a decay of memory.• Even in old age, his powers of recall were astonishing.• Exhaustivity of indexing has some impact on recall and precision.• Families were overjoyed to hear about the recall of Allied seamen to their own countries.• In addition to simple rage over the hike in water bills, other issues fueled the recall movement.• They put a notice in the press ordering the recall of all the baby food that might have been contaminated.• In the second section the recall results are reported and relationships between risk and recall are analysed.• As Kennedy said throughout the recall campaign, water rates had to be increased to finance needed improvements in the system.• Dinali has a brilliant mind, with almost total recall of what she has read.total recall• But I possessed that night an almost total recall of physical sensations.• From the age of six onward, Vologsky had been able to apply almost total recall to figures of any sort.• Twenty years later, Brady had total recall of the night his father was killed.• Neville's total recall could not totally recall any.• You could wake up tomorrow with total recall.recall of• the recall of four city council officialsFrom Longman Business Dictionaryrecallre‧call /rɪˈkɔːl-ˈkɒːl/ verb [transitive]1COMMERCE if a company recalls one of its products, it asks customers to return it because there may be something wrong with itThe company was forced to recall one range of cereals after several packets were found to be contaminated. —recall noun [countable]the recall of 13 million defective radial tyres2to officially tell someone to come backThe U.S. recalled its ambassador in protest.Some 30,000 auto workers were recalled from layoffs.3to remember something that you have seen or heard, such as an advertisementConsumers’ ability to recall TV commercials has dropped steadily. —recall noun [uncountable]Interviewers tested consumers’ recall of a selection of advertisements.→ See Verb table

re·call1 verbre·call2 nounChineseSyllable  

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re‧call¹ S3 W2 /rɪˈkɔːl $ ˈriːkɒːl/ verb
1.  REMEMBER SOMETHING  [intransitive, transitive not in progressive] to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past:
    You don’t happen to recall his name, do you?
    recall (that)
    I seem to recall I’ve met him before somewhere.
    recall doing something
    I don’t recall seeing any cars parked outside.
    recall what/how/where etc
    I can’t recall who gave me the information.
    As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.
2.  PERSON  [transitive] to officially tell someone to come back to a place or group
    recall somebody to something
    Cole was recalled to the squad to replace the injured Quinn.
    recall somebody from something
    The Ambassador was recalled from Washington.
3.  PRODUCT  [transitive] if a company recalls one of its products, it asks people who have bought it to return it because there may be something wrong with it:
    The cars had to be recalled due to an engine fault.
4.  COMPUTER  [transitive] to bring information back onto the screen of a computer
5.  BE SIMILAR TO SOMETHING  [transitive] if something recalls something else, it makes you think of it because it is very similar:
    The furnishings recall the 1960s.
6.  POLITICS  [transitive] American English to vote to remove someone from their political position
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ remember to form an idea in your mind of people, events, places etc from the past: I remember Janine – she lived in that house on the corner. | I can’t remember how the film ends. | He remembered meeting her at a party once.
   ▪ recall to remember a particular fact, event, or situation, especially in order to tell someone about it: Can you recall where your husband was that night? | She recalled that he had seemed a strange, lonely man.
   ▪ recollect formal to remember an event or situation: Harry smiled as he recollected the scene. | She tried to recollect what had happened next in her dream.
   ▪ memorize to learn facts, a piece of writing or music etc, so that you can remember them later: He’s trying to memorize his speech. | Don’t write down your PIN number, memorize it.
   ▪ think back/look back to think about something that happened in the past: I thought back to when I was his age. | Looking back, I should have been more patient with her. | We need to stop looking back and start thinking about the future.
   ▪ reminisce /ˌreməˈnɪs, ˌremɪˈnɪs/ to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them: They were reminiscing about old times. | I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce.
   ▪ bear something in mind to remember something important when you are doing something, because it could affect what you do: Bear in mind that this is the first time he’s done this.
   ▪ something is on the tip of your tongue used to say that you know a word or a name but that you have difficulty remembering it at this exact moment: His name’s on the tip of my tongue. I’ll think of it in a minute.
   ▪ remind somebody of something to make you think of another person, thing, or time, because they are similar: It reminds me of the time when I first started teaching. | The taste reminded him of school dinners.

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re‧call² /rɪˈkɔːl, ˈriːkɔːl $ -ɒːl/ noun
1.  MEMORY  [uncountable] the ability to remember something that you have learned or experienced:
    A child’s recall is usually accurate.
    He had total recall (=remembered everything) of every play in the game.
2.  ORDER TO RETURN  [singular, uncountable] an official order telling someone to return to a place, especially before they expected to
    recall of
    the recall of their ambassador
3. beyond recall impossible to bring back or remember
4.  PRODUCT  [countable] when a company asks people to return a product they have bought because there may be something wrong with it
5.  POLITICS  [singular, uncountable] American English a vote to remove someone from their political position, or the act of being removed by a vote
    recall of
    the recall of four city council members