bring to mind

bring to mind — 慣用語

1. to cause someone to think of a person, place, or event from the past, often beca

1.慣用語B2
釋義

想起；喚起

因相似或聯想而使人憶起

to cause someone to think of a person, place, or event from the past, often because of a similarity or sensory connection — for example, a smell that brings a childhood kitchen to mind, or a face that brings an old friend to mind.

例句

The old photograph brought to mind our family trip to Kenting in the summer of 2015.

那張老照片令人想起我們 2015 年夏天去墾丁的家庭旅行。

bring + specific memory + to mind

The smell of freshly baked bread always brings to mind Grandma's kitchen in Tainan.

新鮮出爐的麵包香味總會讓人想起奶奶在台南的廚房。

sensory trigger + bring to mind

同義詞
  • call to mind

    nearly identical in meaning, but slightly more formal

  • evoke

    more literary; often used for abstract feelings, not just memories

  • remind of

    more common in everyday conversation; the grammar is different ('remind someone of something')

反義詞
  • forget

    the opposite action — to no longer have a memory

  • push aside

    to deliberately stop thinking about something

文法句型

[subject] + bring(s) + [object] + to mind

用法筆記

The subject is typically a sensory experience (a smell, a sound, a sight) or a person/object with a resemblance. The object is the memory or person that surfaces. Common in both spoken and written English.

常見錯誤

❌I brought to mind my childhood.
✅The old house brought my childhood to mind.
💡The trigger (not the person remembering) should be the subject of the sentence.