1reminiscent of somethingLIKE/SIMILARreminding you of something 使人想起某事物的
a style strongly reminiscent of Virginia Woolf’s novels
一种酷似弗吉尼娅·吴尔夫小说的风格
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reminiscent of something• We ate in a cozydining room slightly reminiscent of a skilodge.
2REMEMBER literary thinking about the past 回忆往事的,怀旧的
Her face wore a reminiscent smile.
她面带微笑,沉浸在往事之中。
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reminiscent• Our understanding of development is at a stagereminiscent of genetics in the 1930s.• The boy had grown sturdy and handsome, his green eyes and dark hair so reminiscent of his father.• Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario positively demolished her opponents with a ruthlessness reminiscent of Navratilova's great rival of the 1980's, Chris Evert.• For Oldenberg it was reminiscent of Tatlin's tower and should have incorporated a telescopicelement.• Their jumbled stories are reminiscent of the black-bordered figures typical of so-called Figuration Libre.• Experts see the rise in borrowing as disturbingly reminiscent of the creditboom in the 1980s.• Households in the Coventry area report that they are being subjected to intimidation reminiscent of this time.• "Those were the days, " agreedBarrow with a reminiscentsigh.
Originreminiscent
(1700-1800)Latin present participle of reminisci“to remember”