memorialize
memorialize — 動詞
- memorializepresent simple I / you / we / they
- memorializeshe / she / it
- memorializedpast simple
- memorializing-ing form
1. To build a statue, monument, or other lasting structure that keeps a person or e
建碑紀念
建碑塑像以紀念人或事件
To build a statue, monument, or other lasting structure that keeps a person or event in people's memories.
The city council voted to memorialize the war heroes with a granite monument.
市議會投票決定建造花崗岩紀念碑，以紀念戰爭英雄。
memorialize + [person] + with + [concrete object]
A bronze statue was built to memorialize the famous scientist outside the university library.
大學圖書館前豎立了一座銅像，以紀念那位著名的科學家。
passive: be built to memorialize [person]
The government plans to memorialize the earthquake victims by building a memorial park near the coast.
政府計畫在海邊建造一座紀念公園，以紀念地震罹難者。
memorialize + [person] + by + verb-ing
Local artists created a mural to memorialize the town's founding families.
當地藝術家創作了壁畫，以紀念小鎮的開拓家族。
- memorialize with a statue / monument / plaque / fountain
- memorialize in bronze / stone / marble
- memorialize the victims / the fallen / the heroes
- commemorate
Broader term — can refer to both physical memorials and ceremonies; 'memorialize' leans toward creating a lasting physical object.
- immortalize
Stronger connotation of making someone famous forever; often used in art, not just physical monuments.
- honor
More general; can mean showing respect in many ways, not necessarily building a physical structure.
文法句型
memorialize + noun phrase (person/event) + with + noun phrase (memorial object)
用法筆記
Object is typically a deceased person or a significant historical event. The result is always a physical structure — a statue, monument, building, or park.
常見錯誤
2. To do something special — such as holding a ceremony, naming something after som
追念
透過活動或創作等方式紀念
To do something special — such as holding a ceremony, naming something after someone, or creating a work of art — that makes sure a person or event will be remembered.
The Wang family set up a scholarship fund to memorialize their daughter's work with special needs children.
王家設立了獎學金，以追念女兒在特教領域的貢獻。
set up [fund] to memorialize [person]'s work
The school holds an annual ceremony to memorialize the principal who served for forty years.
學校每年舉辦紀念儀式，追念那位服務了四十年的校長。
hold [ceremony] to memorialize [person]
Local volunteers plant trees every spring to memorialize those lost in the forest fires.
當地志工每年春天種樹，追念那些在林火中喪生的人。
memorialize + those lost in [disaster]
That novel was written to memorialize the author's mother, who inspired her love of stories.
那本小說是為了追念作者的母親而寫的，母親啟發了她對故事的熱愛。
- memorialize through a ceremony / fund / scholarship
- memorialize in a book / film / song
- memorialize with a plaque / garden / bench
- commemorate
More frequent and slightly less formal; can be used in many of the same contexts as sense 2 of 'memorialize'.
- pay tribute to
Focuses on showing respect; often used in speeches and formal events rather than creating lasting reminders.
- remember
Everyday word; does not carry the formal, deliberate, public-action sense that 'memorialize' carries.
- forget
The opposite of keeping someone or something in memory.
文法句型
memorialize + noun phrase + by/through + gerund/noun phrase
passive: be memorialized
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, the act of remembrance does not need to involve a physical structure. Common in formal contexts such as dedications, official ceremonies, and fundraising for named funds or scholarships.