英语单词 | commemorate |
---|---|
英美音标 | 英 [kə'meməreɪt] 美 [kə'meməreɪt] |
中文释义 | vt.纪念 |
英语例句 | (1) A monument was built to commemorate the victory. (2) Christmas commemorates the birth of Christ. (3) They reared a monument to commemorate the great musician. (4) We celebrate this day to commemorate the brave soldiers. (5) Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this event. |
中文例句 | (1) 为了纪念胜利,建造了一座纪念碑。 (2) 圣诞节是为了纪念耶酥的诞生。 (3) 他们建立起一座纪念碑,纪念这位伟大的音乐家。 (4) 我们庆祝这天,以纪念英勇的士兵。 (5) 今天,人们吃月饼纪念此事。 |
vocabulary简明 | To commemorate something means to remember something and by doing so to honor it, as in “We would like to commemorate his many years of past service by presenting him with this lovely gold watch.” |
vocabulary扩展 | The word commemorate has a pretty clear echo of memory in it, so it can help to keep it in your mind just by noticing that. You might also notice that you’ve seen the word before, either in late-night infomercials or in various advertisements in magazines, when they talk about commemorative plates, or stamps, or coins: little things that are supposed to honor events or people by recalling them to our collective memory. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]纪念 To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially created object. [V n]
commemoration
|
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Groom groomed horses ed bride carefully ski combing
Previous card: Inaccurate information wrong filtration 英 ɪn'ækjərət] 美 ɪn'ækjərət adj.不准确的;错误的
Up to card list: 17641 COCA words