memorial
memorial 英 [məˈmɔ:riəl] 美 [məˈmɔriəl, -ˈmor-]
n. 纪念碑，纪念物 adj. 纪念的
名词复数:memorials
- Just as the Lincoln Memorial pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, a memorial is anything that symbolizes or celebrates someone who died. Every gravestone in a cemetery is actually a small memorial.
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- n. 纪念碑，纪念物
- adj. 纪念的
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1. The war memorial stands up right in the square.
战争纪念碑矗立在广场上。
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2. a war memorial
阵亡将士纪念碑
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3. a memorial statue, a memorial prize
纪念像╱奖
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4. The memorial service will be held at a local church.
悼念仪式将在当地的一所教堂举行。
- memorial (adj.) late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (from PIE root *(s)mer- (1) "to remember").
- memorial (n.) late 14c., "fame, renown, reputation," also "commemorative gesture, monument, or rite;" in general, "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved," from Old French memorial "record, report," and directly from Late Latin memoriale "a memorial," noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (from PIE root *(s)mer- (1) "to remember"). Meaning "memorial act, commemoration" is from mid-15c.
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