- [uncountable]
the act or process of remembering an event in the past or a person who is dead 纪念;记忆;回忆 - in remembrance of somebody/something
A service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war. 为当地阵亡的战士举行了纪念仪式。 a remembrance service 纪念仪式 - (formal)
He smiled at the remembrance of their first kiss. 他想起了他们的初吻,露出了微笑。 a chapel/garden of remembrance (= in memory of people who have died) 纪念死者的教堂/庭园
- in remembrance of somebody/something
- [countable] (formal)
an object that causes you to remember somebody/something; a memory of somebody/something 纪念品;纪念物;一段记忆
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from remembrer, from late Latin rememorari ‘call to mind’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin memor ‘mindful’.