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recollection

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rec·ol·lec·tion /ˌrekəˈlekʃən/ ●○○ noun formal  1 [countable]REMEMBER something from the past that you remember 记忆中的往事 My earliest recollections are of my mother bending over my cot. 我最早的记忆是母亲俯身站在我的小床前。2 [uncountable]REMEMBER an act of remembering something 想起;记起have no recollection (of something) (=not remember) 不记得(某事) I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark. 我不记得自己是怎样在黑暗中找到那里的。to (the best of) my recollection (=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly) 我记得;如果我没有记错的话 To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes. 如果我没有记错的话,她开的是一辆梅赛德斯。 No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved. 在我记忆中,没有人认真想过其中的风险。
Examples from the Corpus
recollectionThat must have been the case, although I have no clear recollection.But her recollections of her earlier days were the richest she had.What is the last recollection before losing consciousness and the first thing recalled after regaining awareness?To be honest, my only recollection is of the surroundings.There Ernest, Theodore, and Reginald were born within six years, but Edward's recollections of this time are sketchy.She knew her father only through photographs and her mother's recollections.Even now the recollection seized him in the abdomen, and a kind of sick longing made him tremble.The recollection of the summer evening sunlight coming through the large window behind the preacher's head evokes many nostalgic memories.The recollection of those whispered words came rushing back to haunt her.have no recollection (of something)I recognize it as a sigh, but have no recollection of authorizing its publication.What words they were, though, I have no recollection.I have no recollection of saying that.I have no recollection of this night-trip to the loo.For instance, he may have no recollection of some member of his family.
rec·ol·lec·tion nounChineseSyllable
that remember from you something past the Corpus


recollection
recollection /ˌrekəˈlekʃən/ noun formal
1. [countable] something from the past that you remember:
    My earliest recollections are of my mother bending over my cot.
2. [uncountable] an act of remembering something
    have no recollection (of something) (=not remember)
    I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.
    to (the best of) my recollection (=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly)
    To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes.
    Noone, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved.


rec·ol·lec·tionBrE /ˌrekəˈlekʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌrekəˈlekʃn/ 🔊 noun (formal) [uncountable] the ability to remember sth; the act of remembering sth 记忆力;回忆;记忆 SYN memory ~ (of doing sth) I have no recollection of meeting her before. 我不记得以前见过她。🔊🔊~ (of sth) 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。🔊🔊 [countable] a thing that you remember from the past 往事;回忆的事 SYN memory to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of sth对某事的记忆清晰/历历在目/模糊不清/依稀如烟