remembrance

remembrance — 名詞

1. the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasio

1.名詞B2
釋義

悼念；追思

向逝者或重大事件致敬的行為

the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasion to mind, usually as a gesture of honour or respect

例句

Every year on Remembrance Day, Saira places a red poppy on her grandfather's grave.

每年在陣亡將士紀念日，Saira 都會在祖父的墳前放一朵紅色罌粟花以表悼念。

A bronze statue stands in remembrance of the nurses who died in the war.

一座銅像矗立著，悼念在戰爭中犧牲的護理人員。

collocation: 'in remembrance of' + [person/group]

同義詞
  • commemoration

    more public and event-focused; a commemoration is an official ceremony, while remembrance is a quieter mental act

  • memorial

    a physical object or event that serves to remember; a memorial is concrete (statue, service), whereas remembrance is the act itself

  • tribute

    focuses on the expression of respect or praise, which can be through words or actions, not just the act of remembering

反義詞
  • oblivion

    the state of being forgotten or no longer remembered

文法句型

in remembrance of [person/event]

remembrance of [person/event]

用法筆記

Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'in remembrance of,' which introduces the honoree. This sense is uncountable and used in ceremonial or formal contexts only — not for casual remembering.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a card in remembrance of her birthday.
✅I bought a card in memory of her birthday.
💡'remembrance' here implies honouring someone who has died, not simply celebrating an occasion.

2. something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a person

2.名詞B2
釋義

回憶；記憶

對過去事物的個人記憶

something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a personal memory that may be clear or unclear

例句

Andrew shared a childhood remembrance of building treehouses along the river with his older brother.

Andrew 分享了一段童年回憶，關於他和哥哥在河邊搭建樹屋的事。

The old photograph stirred a vague remembrance of summer afternoons spent at his aunt's farm.

這張舊照片喚起了他對在阿姨農場度過的那些夏日午後的模糊回憶。

vague remembrance of [something]

同義詞
  • memory

    the everyday word for something recalled from the past; less formal and more common than 'remembrance'

  • recollection

    suggests a deliberate effort to bring a memory to mind, whereas remembrance can be a spontaneous or vague memory

  • reminiscence

    often a warm, fond memory of a past time, and typically used in plural ('reminiscences')

反義詞
  • forgetfulness

    the state of no longer being able to recall something

文法句型

remembrance of [past event/thing]

用法筆記

Countable when referring to a specific recollection ('a childhood remembrance'); uncountable when used more generally ('lost in quiet remembrance'). This sense is more literary and formal than the everyday word 'memory' — in casual speech, 'memory' is preferred.

常見錯誤

❌I have a clear remembrance of what happened yesterday.
✅I have a clear memory of what happened yesterday.
💡'remembrance' sounds overly formal for everyday recent memories; use 'memory' instead.