REMEMBERa feeling that a time in the past was good, or the activity of remembering a good time in the past and wishing that things had not changed 对过去美好时光的留恋,恋旧;怀旧
nostalgia for
nostalgia for the good old days
对美好过去的留恋
He looked back on his university days with a certain amount of nostalgia.
他带着一点留恋,回忆起大学时光。
a wave of nostalgia for how great life was in the 1960s
一阵对20世纪60年代美好生活的强烈怀旧之情
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
feel nostalgia
He didn't feel any nostalgia for his school days.
have nostalgia
The immigrants I spoke to often had an intense nostalgia for their homeland.
adjectives
great nostalgia (=a strong feeling of nostalgia)
I read the college newsletter with great nostalgia.
pure nostalgia (=used when talking about good things from the past that are not mixed with things from the present)
It was an evening of pure nostalgia, as the band played hits from the 1940s.
phrases
a feeling/sense of nostalgia
Did it give you a sense of nostalgia to see the play on Broadway again?
a pang of nostalgia (=a short feeling of nostalgia)
She felt a pang of nostalgia for the time when they were all children.
a wave of nostalgia (=a strong feeling of nostalgia)
As I drove into the city I felt a wave of nostalgia sweep over me.
nostalgia + NOUN
a nostalgia trip informal (=a situation or experience that reminds you of events in the past)
Walking around campus was a great nostalgia trip for both of us.
a nostalgia buff informal (=someone who likes old things)
The restaurant, which still has its 1930s décor, is a favorite with nostalgia buffs.
Examples from the Corpus
nostalgia• Morris aimed for a balance of futurism and nostalgia.• But nostalgia is not enough to rebuild a country.• Home is the something always already lost, and the longing for it we call nostalgia.• Truly I would keel over in spasms of exquisitenostalgia.• My nostalgia for a better Britain, for a time that was better for never having existed, had been blown up.• If anything, Teds are remembered with a degree of nostalgia and viewed as something quaint.• a bittersweetfilm of nostalgia and innocence• There's a mood of nostalgia throughout the whole book.• Reagan appealed to the average American's sense of nostalgia for a golden age.• Anderson combinesaffection and horror in his version of the seventies while avoiding the trap of nostalgia.• He only have our nostalgia for our personal lost Eden.• Lamour remembers her first trip to Europe with warmnostalgia.
nostalgia for• Christmas often brings nostalgia forholidays past.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF NOSTALGIA | VERB + NOSTALGIA | NOSTALGIA + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wistful傷感的懷念◇She remembers her life as a singer with a certain wistful nostalgia.想起自己當歌手的歲月,她有些傷感。➤pure純粹對往昔的留戀◇an evening of pure nostalgia懷舊的夜晚➤80s, 90s, etc.對 80 年代、對 90 年代等的懷戀... OF NOSTALGIA➤wave一股懷舊情緒◇A wave of nostalgia came over him.一股思鄉之情湧上他的心頭。VERB + NOSTALGIA➤feel感到懷念◇He thought back to his time as a student and felt no nostalgia for any of it.他回想起學生時代,卻沒有懷念之情。➤evoke喚起懷古之情▸➤indulge in, wallow in沉溺於/沉湎於懷舊之中NOSTALGIA + NOUN➤buff戀舊的人◇Nostalgia buffs gathered for the auction.戀舊的人聚集在拍賣會上。➤trip強烈的懷舊情緒◇The college reunion was a great nostalgia trip.大學校友聚會上瀰漫着濃重的懷舊情緒。PREPOSITION➤with nostalgia以懷舊之情◇I remember it with great nostalgia.我想起這件事,懷舊之情油然而生。➤nostalgia for對⋯懷念◇She felt great nostalgia for the old way of life.她很懷念以前的生活方式。PHRASES➤a feeling of nostalgia, a sense of nostalgia懷念之情