1[countableC]REMEMBER something from the past that you remember 记忆中的往事
My earliest recollections are of my mother bending over my cot.
我最早的记忆是母亲俯身站在我的小床前。
2[uncountableU]REMEMBER an act of remembering something 想起;记起
have no recollection (of something) (=not remember) 不记得(某事)
I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.
我不记得自己是怎样在黑暗中找到那里的。
to (the best of) my recollection (=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly) 我记得;如果我没有记错的话
To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes.
如果我没有记错的话,她开的是一辆梅赛德斯。
No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved.
在我记忆中,没有人认真想过其中的风险。
Examples from the Corpus
recollection• That must have been the case, although I have no clear recollection.• But her recollections of her earlier days were the richest she had.• What is the last recollection before losing consciousness and the first thing recalled after regainingawareness?• To be honest, my only recollection is of the surroundings.• There Ernest, Theodore, and Reginald were born within six years, but Edward's recollections of this time are sketchy.• She knew her father only through photographs and her mother's recollections.• Even now the recollectionseized him in the abdomen, and a kind of sick longing made him tremble.• The recollection of the summer evening sunlight coming through the large window behind the preacher's head evokes many nostalgicmemories.• The recollection of those whispered words came rushing back to haunt her.
have no recollection (of something)• I recognize it as a sigh, but have no recollection of authorizing its publication.• What words they were, though, I have no recollection.• I have no recollection of saying that.• I have no recollection of this night-trip to the loo.• For instance, he may have no recollection of some member of his family.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RECOLLECTION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤clear, distinct, vivid清楚的回憶;生動的記憶▸➤dim, faint, hazy, vague模糊的回憶;朦朧的記憶;模糊的記憶▸➤earliest最初的記憶➤childhood童年的記憶▸➤sudden突然想起▸➤painful痛苦的回憶➤fond深情的回憶◇He has fond recollections of his first visit to Europe.對於第一次歐洲之行他有着美好的記憶。➤personal個人回憶VERB + RECOLLECTION➤have (no)(不)記得◇I have only a vague recollection of sunshine and sand.我只隱約記得有陽光和沙灘。◇I have absolutely no recollection of the incident.我對那件事一點兒也記不起來了。➤share分享記憶◇It was great to meet with old friends and share recollections.與老朋友見面共同回憶往事是件美妙的事情。➤smile at, smile in因回憶起⋯而微笑◇He smiled fondly at the recollection.想起這件往事時他露出了愉悅的微笑。◇She smiled faintly in recollection of all the fun times they'd had together.回想起他們曾經一起度過的快樂時光,她微微一笑。PREPOSITION➤in recollection記得⋯◇She stared at him in sudden recollection.她凝神而視,忽然認出他來。➤recollection from來自⋯的回憶◇recollections from Eliot's own life艾略特生平回憶➤recollection of⋯的回憶◇The novel is based on recollections of his childhood in Shanghai.這部小說是根據他在上海的童年記憶寫成的。PHRASES➤to the best of your recollection如果沒記錯的話◇To the best of my recollection (= if I remember correctly), he was not there that day.假如我沒記錯的話,那天他不在場。