recollect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rec·ol·lect /ˌrekəˈlekt/ verb [transitive] REMEMBERto be able to remember something 记起，想起，回忆起 SYN remember All I recollect is a grey sky. 我只记得一片灰色的天空。recollect that She recollected sadly that she and Ben used to laugh a lot. 她伤心地回忆起以前她和本经常笑声不断。recollect how/when/what etc Can you recollect how your brother reacted? 你记得你弟弟是什么反应吗？recollect doing something I recollect seeing Ryder some years ago in Bonn. 我记得几年前在波恩见过赖德。► see thesaurus at remember→ See Verb table
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recollect• She regained herself quickly, her scattered forces recollecting in her eyes.• This his ear, his neck, his elbow seemed to recollect.• Mr Clinton said in a statement yesterday that he could not recollect a conversation with Mr Rodham about the pardons.• I do not recollect ever having been to Ohio, although my mother says we went there when I was a child.• I can still recollect every detail of that meeting.• "The lawyers distorted what I wanted to say, " recollects Hansen grimly.• In the memoirs he recollected his response as follows: Three solutions are conceivable.• I recognize his face but I can't seem to recollect much about him.• We have nine children, and I don't recollect that I ever felt the need to hit any of them.• Does my right hon. Friend by any chance recollect the average inflation rate under the last Labour Government?• Many people find it virtually impossible to recollect the country we were elected to change - and did change.• These help them to recollect their homeland and the families they have left behind.• The events were so dreadful that even now it is painful to recollect them.• Only later did she recollect where she'd seem him before.recollect that• He also recollects that Fournier lay behind their belief that the realisation of ideal love ended in death.• Nor could she recollect that it had ever been suggested they should do so.rec·ol·lect verbChineseSyllable
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recollect
rec‧ol‧lect /ˌrekəˈlekt/
verb [transitive]
to be able to remember something
SYN remember:
All I recollect is a grey sky.
recollect that
She recollected sadly that she and Ben used to laugh a lot.
recollect how/when/what etc
Can you recollect how your brother reacted?
recollect doing something
I recollect seeing Ryder some years ago in Bonn.
▪ 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.
rec‧ol‧lect /ˌrekəˈlekt/
verb [transitive]to be able to remember something
SYN remember:
recollect that
recollect how/when/what etc
recollect doing something
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