remember
memorize
recall
recollect【导航词义:记忆】
remember v. 记得,想起;记住
〔辨析〕普通用词,指记得(做过)某事时,通常后接名词、动名词、that 从句;指记得要做某事时,通常后接动词不定式。
〔例证〕
He still remembers the days when he worked in the country.
他依然记得在乡下劳动的日子。
I remember returning the book to you.
我记得这本书已经还给你了。
Remember to take your key.
别忘了拿钥匙。
memorize v. 记住,熟记,背熟
〔辨析〕指将所有细节都牢牢记住或背熟。
〔例证〕
The professor had his students memorize a short poem of Yeats.
教授让他的学生背熟一首叶芝的短诗。
It is important to memorize these regulations.
记住这些规则很重要。
recall v. 回想,回忆起
〔辨析〕指设法想起发生在过去的事情。
〔例证〕
Can you recall who gave that document to you?
你能记起谁给你的那份文件吗?
She didn't recall having dined with him.
她想不起来曾经和他一起吃过饭。
recollect v. 记起,想起
〔辨析〕较正式用词,指力图想起有些许印象的事。
〔例证〕
She recollected sadly that she used to have dinner with him in that restaurant.
她伤心地回忆起,她以前常和他去那个餐厅吃晚饭。
As far as he can recollect, that tall man was not there when the party began.
据他回忆,聚会开始时那个高个男子不在场。