- Memory is the power to retain and recall information and past experiences. Your brain's memory helps you recall lots of memories — like multiplication tables and bad dates.
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- n. 记忆
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1. I have a bad memory for names.
我不善于记名字。
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2. She can recite the whole poem from memory.
她能背诵全诗。
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3. It was the worst storm in recent memory.
最近能记得的风暴中，这是最厉害的一次。
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4. childhood memories
童年的回忆
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5. What is your earliest memory?
你最早能记得的是什么？
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6. Her memory lives on.
我们永远怀念她。
- memory (n.) mid-13c., "recollection (of someone or something); awareness, consciousness," also "fame, renown, reputation," from Anglo-French memorie (Old French memoire, 11c., "mind, memory, remembrance; memorial, record") and directly from Latin memoria "memory, remembrance, faculty of remembering," abstract noun from memor "mindful, remembering," from PIE root *(s)mer- (1) "to remember." Meaning "faculty of remembering" is late 14c. in English.
mem·ory ★ / ˈmeməri ; NAmE ˈmeməri / ( plural mem·ories ) noun ability to remember 记忆力 1 ★ [countable , uncountable ] memory(for sth) your ability to remember things 记忆力；记性 ◆ I have a bad memory for names. 我不善于记名字。 ◆ People have short memories (= they soon forget). 人是健忘的。 ◆ He had a long memoryfor people who had disappointed him. 谁让他失望，他总是记恨在心。 ◆ She can recite the whole poem from memory. 她能背诵全诗。 ◆ He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident. 事故之后他有几个星期失去记忆。 ◆ Are you sure? Memory can play tricks on you. 你肯定吗？记忆也会捉弄人的。 2 ★ [uncountable ] the period of time that sb is able to remember events 记忆所及的时期；回忆所及的范围 ◆ There hasn't been peace in the country in/within my memory. 在我的记忆里，这个国家从没太平过。 ◆ It was the worst storm in recent memory. 最近能记得的风暴中，这是最厉害的一次。 ◆ This hasn't happened in living memory (= nobody alive now can remember it happening). 在世的人都不记得发生过这样的事。 sth you remember 记住的事 3 ★ [countable ] a thought of sth that you remember from the past 回忆；记忆 SYN recollection ◆ childhood memories 童年的回忆 ◆ I have vivid memories of my grandparents. 我依然清楚地记得我的祖父母。 ◆ What is your earliest memory? 你最早能记得的是什么？ ◆ The photos bring backlots of good memories. 这些照片唤起了许多美好的回忆。 4 [uncountable ] ( formal) what is remembered about sb after they have died 对死者的记忆 ◆ Her memory lives on (= we still remember her). 我们永远怀念她。 computing 计算机技术 5 ★ [countable , uncountable ] the part of a computer where information is stored; the amount of space in a computer for storing information 存贮器；内存； 记忆体 ☞see also RAM IDIOMS if (my) memory serves me well, correctly, etc. if I remember correctly 如果我没有记错的话 ★ in memory of sb | to the memory of sb intended to show respect and remind people of sb who has died 作为对某人的纪念 ◆ He founded the charity in memory of his late wife. 他创办了这一慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。 ☞more at etch , jog v. , sieve n. memory memories mem·ory / ˈmeməri ; NAmE ˈmeməri /
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