recall
verb- [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 - 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 ExamplesBecky 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 Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- distinctly
- vividly
- …
- seem to
- be able to
- can
- …
- recall how…
- recall seeing, reading, hearing, etc. something
- recall something
- [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 - [transitive]
to order somebody to return 召回 - [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）
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): from re- ‘again’ + call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’.