- [uncountable]
the ability to remember something; the act of remembering something 记忆力；回忆；记忆 - recollection (of doing something)
I have no recollection of meeting her before. 我不记得以前见过她。 - recollection (of something)
My recollection of events differs from his. 我记忆中的情况和他的不一样。 To the best of my recollection (= if I remember correctly) I was not present at that meeting. 如果我没记错的话，我没有出席那次会议。
Extra ExamplesI have absolutely no recollection of the incident. 我对那件事一点儿也记不起来了。 She smiled faintly in recollection of all the fun times they'd had together. 回想起他们曾经一起度过的快乐时光，她微微一笑。 She stared at him in sudden recollection. 她凝神而视，忽然认出他来。 To the best of my recollection , he was not there that day. 假如我没记错的话，那天他不在场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- distinct
- vivid
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- have (no)
- share
- smile at
- …
- in recollection
- recollection from
- recollection of
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- to the best of your recollection
- recollection (of doing something)
- [countable]
a thing that you remember from the past 往事；回忆的事 to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of something 对某事的记忆清晰／历历在目／模糊不清／依稀如烟 his early recollections of his father 他对父亲的早期记忆
Extra ExamplesHe smiled fondly at the recollection. 想起这件往事时他露出了愉悦的微笑。 I have only a vague recollection of sunshine and sand. 我只隐约记得有阳光和沙滩。 It was great to meet with old friends and share recollections. 与老朋友见面共同回忆往事是件美妙的事情。 The novel is based on recollections of his childhood in Shanghai. 这部小说是根据他在上海的童年记忆写成的。 The place brought back painful recollections. 这个地方勾起了痛苦的回忆。 recollections from Eliot's own life 艾略特生平回忆
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- distinct
- vivid
- …
- have (no)
- share
- smile at
- …
- in recollection
- recollection from
- recollection of
- …
- to the best of your recollection
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again’, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’.