remembrance

IPA/rɪˈmembrəns/
KK[rimˈɛmbrəns]IPA/rɪˈmembrəns/

remembrance — 名詞

  • remembrancesingular
  • remembrancesplural

1. the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasio

1.名詞B2
釋義

悼念；追思

向逝者或重大事件致敬的行為

the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasion to mind, usually as a gesture of honour or respect

例句

Every year on Remembrance Day, Saira places a red poppy on her grandfather's grave.

每年在陣亡將士紀念日，Saira 都會在祖父的墳前放一朵紅色罌粟花以表悼念。

A bronze statue stands in remembrance of the nurses who died in the war.

一座銅像矗立著，悼念在戰爭中犧牲的護理人員。

collocation: 'in remembrance of' + [person/group]

常見搭配
  • in remembrance of
  • remembrance ceremony
  • day of remembrance
  • remembrance service
  • remembrance poppy
同義詞
  • commemoration

    more public and event-focused; a commemoration is an official ceremony, while remembrance is a quieter mental act

  • memorial

    a physical object or event that serves to remember; a memorial is concrete (statue, service), whereas remembrance is the act itself

  • tribute

    focuses on the expression of respect or praise, which can be through words or actions, not just the act of remembering

反義詞
  • oblivion

    the state of being forgotten or no longer remembered

文法句型

in remembrance of [person/event]

remembrance of [person/event]

用法筆記

Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'in remembrance of,' which introduces the honoree. This sense is uncountable and used in ceremonial or formal contexts only — not for casual remembering.

常見錯誤

I bought a card in remembrance of her birthday.
I bought a card in memory of her birthday.
'remembrance' here implies honouring someone who has died, not simply celebrating an occasion.

2. something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a person

2.名詞B2
釋義

回憶；記憶

對過去事物的個人記憶

something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a personal memory that may be clear or unclear

例句

Andrew shared a childhood remembrance of building treehouses along the river with his older brother.

Andrew 分享了一段童年回憶，關於他和哥哥在河邊搭建樹屋的事。

The old photograph stirred a vague remembrance of summer afternoons spent at his aunt's farm.

這張舊照片喚起了他對在阿姨農場度過的那些夏日午後的模糊回憶。

vague remembrance of [something]

常見搭配
  • childhood remembrance
  • vague remembrance
  • faint remembrance
  • earliest remembrance
  • stir a remembrance
同義詞
  • memory

    the everyday word for something recalled from the past; less formal and more common than 'remembrance'

  • recollection

    suggests a deliberate effort to bring a memory to mind, whereas remembrance can be a spontaneous or vague memory

  • reminiscence

    often a warm, fond memory of a past time, and typically used in plural ('reminiscences')

反義詞
  • forgetfulness

    the state of no longer being able to recall something

文法句型

remembrance of [past event/thing]

用法筆記

Countable when referring to a specific recollection ('a childhood remembrance'); uncountable when used more generally ('lost in quiet remembrance'). This sense is more literary and formal than the everyday word 'memory' — in casual speech, 'memory' is preferred.

常見錯誤

I have a clear remembrance of what happened yesterday.
I have a clear memory of what happened yesterday.
'remembrance' sounds overly formal for everyday recent memories; use 'memory' instead.

同根字

常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • only in preserved phrases

常用片語

  • bring to remembrance
  • call to remembrance