recollect
verb [transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they recollect | |
he / she / it recollects | |
past simple recollected | |
past participle recollected | |
past simple recollecting | |
past participle recollecting |
to remember something, especially by making an effort to remember it synonym recall记起;回忆起;记得 - recollect (something)
She could no longer recollect the details of the letter. 她想不起那封信的细节了。 As far as I can recollect, she wasn't there on that occasion. 据我回忆,当时她不在场。 - recollect what, how, etc…
I don't recollect what he said. 我不记得他说过什么。 - recollect that…
I recollect that we were all gathered in the kitchen. 我记得当时我们都被召集到厨房里。 - recollect (somebody/something) doing something
I recollect him/his saying that it was dangerous. 我记得他说那很危险。 - + speech
‘It was just before the war,’ she recollected. “那是在战争即将发生之际。” 她回忆道。
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘gather’): from Latin recollect- ‘gathered back’, from the verb recolligere, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’.- recollect (something)