memory
noun
ˈmeməri
noun
1
ABILITY TO REMEMBER
记忆力
someone’s
ability
to
remember
things,
places,
experiences
etc
记忆力,记性
C,U
2
STH YOU REMEMBER
记得的某事
something
that
you
remember
from
the
past
about
a
person,
place,
or
experience
记忆,回忆
C usually plural 一般用复数
[+
of
]
She
talked
about
her
memories
of
the
war.
她谈起了对战争的回忆。
happy/fond/bad
etc
memories
He
has
lots
of
happy
memories
of
his
stay
in
Japan.
他对在日本逗留的那一段时光有许多美好的回忆。
My
most
vivid
memory
is
not
the
accident
itself
but
being
in
the
ambulance.
我最清晰的记忆不是事故本身,而是在救护车里的情形。
One
of
my
earliest
childhood
memories
is
of
my
mother
reading
stories
to
me
by
the
fire.
我最早的童年记忆之一就是母亲在炉火边读故事给我听。
Those
old
songs
bring
back
memories
.
那些老歌使人回想起过往的时光。
3
COMPUTER
计算机
a.
the
part
of
a
computer
where
information
can
be
stored
b.
the
amount
of
space
that
can
be
used
for
storing
information
on
a
computer
〔计算机存储器的〕存储量
C U
The
data
is
stored
in
the
computer’s
memory.
数据存到计算机的存储器里了。
128Mb
of
memory
128 兆字节的存储量
Personal
computers
now
have
much
increased
memory
capacity.
现在个人计算机的存储量越来越大。
4
in/within memory
during
the
time
that
people
can
remember
在记忆中
the
worst
floods
in
living
memory
(=since
the
earliest
time
that
people
now
alive
can
remember)
在世的人们记忆中最凶猛的洪水
It’s
certainly
the
best
England
team
in
recent
memory
.
在人们最近的记忆里它绝对是英格兰最好的球队。
The
disaster
was
within
the
memory
of
many
men
still
working
at
the
station.
灾难仍然留在许多还在车站工作的人的记忆里。
5
in memory of sb
if
something
is
done
or
made
in
memory
of
someone,
it
is
done
to
remember
them
and
remind
other
people
of
them
after
they
have
died
为了纪念(已故的)某人
a
statue
in
momory
of
those
who
died
in
the
war
为了纪念那些在战争中死去的人们而建立的雕像
She
set
up
a
charitable
fund
in
her
father’s
memory.
她设立了一项慈善基金以纪念她的父亲。
She
set
up
a
charitable
fund
in
her
father’s
memory.
她设立了一项慈善基金以纪念她的父亲。
6
sb’s memory
the
way
you
remember
someone
who
has
died
对某人的纪念 (怀念 )
She
died
over
40
years
ago
but
her
memory
lives
on
(=people
still
remember
her)
.
她 40 多年前就去世了,但仍然活在人们心里。
to
sb’s
memory
There’s
a
bench
to
his
memory
in
the
local
park.
当地公园里有条纪念他的长 。
7
a walk/trip down memory lane
when
you
spend
some
time
remembering
the
past
追忆往事
She
returned
to
her
old
school
yesterday
for
a
trip
down
memory
lane.
她昨天回到母校故地重游。
8
sb’s memory is playing tricks on them
used
to
say
that
someone
is
remembering
things
wrongly
[口] 某人的记性在和他开玩笑,某人的记忆不准确
spoken
My
memory
must
be
playing
tricks
on
me;
I’m
sure
I
put
that
book
on
the
desk.
肯定是我的记忆出了问题,我明明记得把那本书放在书桌上的。