recollect
verb[IorT]
formaluk/ˌrek.əˈlekt/us/ˌrek.əˈlekt/C2
toremembersomething:
回忆;想起;记起Can you recollect hisname?你能记起他的名字吗?
Asfaras I can recollect, hisnameis Edward.我记得他的名字叫爱德华。
[+ (that)]Shesuddenlyrecollected(that)she hadleftherjacketin therestaurant.她突然想起她把外套忘在饭店里了。
[+ question word]Do you recollectwhereshe went?你记得她去哪儿了吗?
[+ -ing verb]He does not recollectseeingher at theparty.他不记得在聚会上见过她了。
Synonyms
recall
remember
to remember something
- rememberDo you remember when her birthday is?
- recallI don't recall arranging a time to meet.
- recollectI didn't recollect having seen him.
- remindEvery time we meet he reminds me about the money he lent me.
- come back toI forgot his name but it's just come back to me.
- reminisceWe were just reminiscing about our school days.
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
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp