recall

verb

/rɪˈkɔːl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they recall	/rɪˈkɔːl/ /rɪˈkɔːl/
he / she / it recalls	/rɪˈkɔːlz/ /rɪˈkɔːlz/
past simple recalled	/rɪˈkɔːld/ /rɪˈkɔːld/
past participle recalled	/rɪˈkɔːld/ /rɪˈkɔːld/
-ing form recalling	/rɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/ /rɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] (formal) (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to remember something记起；回忆起；回想起 synonym recollect
- recall something She could not recall his name.她想不起他的名字。
- Many years later Muir recalled his days at Glasgow University.多年后，穆尔回忆起他在格拉斯哥大学的日子。
- I cannot recall a time when the country faced such serious problems.我想不起这个国家曾面临过如此严重的问题。
- 'I may have; I don't recall,' she said.我可能有；“我不记得了，”她说。
- If I recall correctly, he lives in Luton.如果我没记错的话，他住在卢顿。
- recall doing something I can't recall meeting her before.我想不起来以前曾经见过她。
- I vaguely recall seeing the film.我依稀记得看过这部电影。
- I seem to recall receiving an email from a reader a while ago.我好像记得前阵子收到一个读者的邮件。
- recall somebody/something doing something I seem to recall him mentioning a brother once.我似乎记得他曾经提到过一个哥哥。
- recall that… He recalled that she always came home late on Wednesdays.他回想起她星期三总是很晚回家。
- He later recalled that he had met her once.他后来回忆说他见过她一次。
- recall what, when, etc. Can you recall exactly what happened?你能记起到底发生了什么事吗？
- I can vividly recall where and when I saw them.我能生动地回忆起我在哪里和什么时候看到他们的。
- recall + speech ‘It was on a Thursday in March,’ he recalled. “那是三月份的一个星期四。” 他回忆道。
Extra Examples
- Becky could still recall that first meeting clearly.贝姬还能清晰地记起初次见面的情景。
- I am old enough now to wistfully recall moments of my youth.我现在一把年纪了，每当想起年轻的岁月时就会感到怅然若失。
- I couldn't quite recall the date.我不太想得起那个日子了。
- I recall reading in an interview that he loved to cook.我想起读到过他在一次访谈中谈到喜欢做饭。
- I seem to recall that she said she was going away.我似乎记得她说过打算离开。
- I well recall walking the five miles to school every morning.我清楚地记得每天早上步行 5 英里去学校。
- She could easily recall the smell of the orange groves.她常常回忆起那个柑橘园的芳香。
- She recalled how she would go for walks along the beach late at night.她想起深夜在海边漫步的情形。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- clearly
- distinctly
- vividly
- …
verb + recall
- seem to
- be able to
- can
- …
phrases
- recall how…
- recall seeing, reading, hearing, etc. something
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[transitive] recall something (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to make somebody think of something使想起；使想到；勾起 synonym evoke
- The poem recalls Eliot's ‘The Waste Land’.这首诗令人想起艾略特的《荒原》。
[transitive] to order somebody to return召回
- recall somebody Both countries recalled their ambassadors.两个国家都召回了各自的大使。
- recall somebody to something He was recalled to military duty.他被召回执行军事任务。
- They have both been recalled to the Welsh squad (= selected as members of the team after a time when they were not selected).他们俩都被重新召回了威尔士队。
[transitive] recall something to ask for something to be returned, often because there is something wrong with it收回，召回（残损货品等）
- The company has recalled all the faulty hairdryers.公司回收了所有有瑕疵的吹风机。

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): from re- ‘again’ + call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’.

recall

noun

/ˈriːkɔːl/, /rɪˈkɔːl/

Idioms

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[uncountable] the ability to remember something that you have learned or something that has happened in the past记忆力；记性
- She has amazing powers of recall.她有惊人的记忆力。
- to have instant recall (= to be able to remember something immediately)有快速记忆的能力
- to have total recall (= to be able to remember all the details of something)记得所有细节
[singular] an official order or request for somebody/something to return, or for something to be given back召回令；回归请求；回收令
- Thomas’s recall to the Welsh team让托马斯回归威尔士队的要求
- The manufacturer has issued a product recall over safety fears.出于安全考虑，制造商已经发布了产品召回令。
- Hundreds of machines are still in use in spite of a recall by the manufacturers.尽管制造商召回了数百台机器，但它们仍在使用。