(1) ①recall意为“记起,想起,回顾,记得”,后接名词、动名词、从句,也可接how, who, where when之类和不定式构成的复合结构。
- But I really cannot recall your name at this moment.
但我此时此刻实在记不起你的名字了。 - I can still recall your coming to my house 20 years ago.
我还记得20年前你来我家的情景。 - I could not recall meeting/having met him.
我不记得见过他。 - I can't recall how to do it.
我不记得如何做那件事了。
②用事物作主语,意思是“使回想起”。
- The scene recalled to him the fishing village in which he had stayed for one year 30 years ago.
这景象使他回想起30年前他曾待过一年的渔村。
(2) ①recollect意思是“回想,记得,记起”,与recall通常可以换用,可接名词、动名词、名词关系从句。
- I can't recollect your name.
我记不清你的名字了。 - Can't you recollect whether Helen came to see us?
你不记得海伦是否来看过我们? - Try hard to recollect what you saw just before the accident.
努力回想一下事故前你看到了什么。 - Do you recollect borrowing/having borrowed a book from me?
你记得从我这里借过一本书吗?
②recollect还可用于下面的结构。
- Do you recollect how to get there?
你还记得如何到那里的吗? - As far as I can recollect , he borrowed $50 from us, not $200.
我记得,他是向我们借了50美元,不是200美元。
(3) ①remember意为“记得,记起,记住”,后接名词、代词、动名词、从句、不定式、带连接副词或代词的不定式复合结构(名词性短语)。
- When I remember those days I lived with my friends in HK, it takes long before I calm down.
每当我回忆起在香港与朋友们一起生活的日子,心情总是久久难以平静。 - Bethune will always be remembered for his utter devotion to others without any thought of self.
白求恩毫不利己、专门利人的精神,将永远被人们记住。
②remember接动名词表示“还记得(做过的事情)”。
- I still remember seeing her at a party 20 years ago.
我仍然能记得20年前在一次聚会上见到她时的情景。 - I can still remember us/our walking hand in hand through the streets together.
我还记得我们一起手拉手在大街上散步的情景。
③remember接不定式时,则表示“记住要做的事”。
- Remember to post the letter for me.
记住帮我寄这封信。 - Do you remember how to operate the machine?
你记得如何操作这机器吗?
*不定式若用完成时,则表示“记得曾经……”。
- He never remembered to have known such weariness as he felt now.
他从不记得曾经有过像现在所感觉到的疲劳。 - ④remember还可用来表示“送礼,给小费;代向……问候、致意”。
- Please remember the waiter.
请给服务员小费。 - She always remembers me on my birthday.
在我生日时,她总是给我送来礼物。 - Remember me to your household.
请代我向你家人问候。 - Mother asked to be remembered to you.
妈妈让我代她向你问候。
(3) ①remind意为“提醒(某人做某事);使想到(某人或某物)”,常用的句型为remind sb. of..., remind sb. that..., remind sb. to (do) sth.。
- I write to remind you to return that book to the library when it's due.
我写信提醒你那本书到期时要还给图书馆。 - You remind me so much of your father, especially when you smile.
你使我一下子想到你父亲,特别是当你微笑时。 - Travellers are reminded that inoculation against yellow fever is advisable.
旅行者被提醒接种防黄热病疫苗是明智之举。 - The pagoda reminds me to Yan'an in War of Resistance days.
这座宝塔使我想起了抗日战争时期的延安。
②remind作“提醒”解时,除用of外,也可用about。
- I might have forgotten to pay the money for the book if you hadn't reminded me of/about it.
若不是你提醒,我可能会忘了付书钱。
注意:remind sb. of doing sth.意思是“使某人想起曾做过某事”,而remind sb. to do sth.则是“提醒某人去做某事”。
- It was fortunate that you reminded me of my meeting with Jim.
幸好你提醒我与吉姆见过面。 - I might have forgotten to repay the money you lent me if you hadn't reminded me to do so.
若非你提醒我,我可能会忘记了还你借给我的钱。
(4) memorize (learn by heart)是“熟记,记住”(commit to memory),后接名词、代词。
- A: Can you recite that poem?
你能背诵那首诗吗?
B: Oh, sorry, I only memorize part of it.
喔,很抱歉,我只记住了一部分。 - You don't have to memorize it word by word.
不必逐字记忆。