an action, or a ceremony, etc. that makes people remember and show respect for an important person or event in the past 纪念;纪念仪式 a commemoration service 纪念仪式 Protests and commemorations took place in several cities on the anniversary of the uprising. 在起义周年纪念日,几个城市举行了抗议和纪念活动。 - in commemoration of somebody/something
a statue in commemoration of a national hero 纪念民族英雄的雕像
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin commemoratio(n-), from the verb commemorare ‘bring to remembrance’, from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).