reminder
noun
uk/rɪˈmaɪn.dər/us/rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/C1[C]
a written orspokenmessagethatremindssomeone to do something:
(告知该做某事的)通知单,提示信,提醒(的话),提示If heforgottopayhisrent, hislandladywouldsendhim a reminder.如果他忘了付房租,女房东就会去信提醒他。
[+ to infinitive]Mumsentme off with afinalremindertobe back before 11 p.m.妈妈最后又提醒了我一句要在晚上11点之前回家后就把我打发走了。
- Ordinarily, wesenda reminder about amonthbeforepaymentisrequired.
- Eventually theypaidup, but only afterreceivingseveral reminders.
- Send him a reminder, would you, thatpaymentisdue?
- Ifinallypaidthebillafter two reminders.
- Iwrotehim a reminder that thereportwasduein nextweek.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- recall
- remindsomeoneofsomething/someone
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp
a reminder ofsomeone/something
C1
apersonor thing that makes yourememberaparticularperson,event, orsituation:
使人想起…的东西;引起对…回忆的人;提醒人…的事物[+ question word]Patricia'sstoryis a reminder ofhowvulnerablewomen can be in what is stillessentiallya man'sworld.帕特里希娅的短篇小说提醒人们,在如今实质上仍属于男性的世界里,女性会是多么的易受伤害。
- Themonumentstandsas achillingreminder of man'sinhumanityto man.
- Theaccidentis agrimreminder of thepotentialdangersinvolvedinNorthSeaoilproduction.
- Yourlettercame as atimelyreminder that we need toarrangeameeting.
- Thetempleruinsare adistantreminder of avanishedempire.
- Thecollapseof thebankis anominousreminder of thefragilityof the world'sbankingsystem.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- recall
- remindsomeoneofsomething/someone
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp