① remember表示“記住,記得”,主語只能是人,既可指狀態(tài),相當(dāng)于keep in mind,也可指動作,相當(dāng)于call back into the mind。
I still remember her face. 我仍然記得她的面容。
We shall forever remember your kindly help. 我們將永遠記住你的友好幫助。
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remember doing sth. 表示“記得(已經(jīng))做過某事”;remember to do sth. 表示“記住要去做某事”;但remember to have done sth. 則相當(dāng)于remember doing sth.,表示記得已做過某事。
I remember to have seen her pick it up. 我記得曾經(jīng)看見她把它撿了起來。
I remember to have been taken to Shanghai when I was a small child. 我記得很小的時候曾被帶去過上海。
② remind表示“提醒,使……想起”,主語可以是人或物,比較下面的結(jié)構(gòu):
remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事,使想起
remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事
She reminded me of my promise. 她提醒我的承諾。
This photo reminds me of her mother. 這張照片使我想起了她母親。
He reminded her to post the letter. 他提醒她寄那封信。
Please remind me to water the flowers. 請?zhí)嵝盐覞不ā?
③ memorize表示“記住,記憶”,指的是有目的的記憶,側(cè)重主觀動作的過程。
He has memorized all the words in this dictionary. 他記住了這本詞典中的所有單詞。
She tried to memorize every new word. 她盡力記住每一個新單詞。
④ recall常用詞,指經(jīng)過一定的思索而記起某一件事,強調(diào)一次的回憶,或因有所感而想起過去之事,后接名詞、代詞、動名詞、從句,但不接不定式。
Whenever I hear the song,I recall her face. 每當(dāng)聽到這首歌,我就回想起她的音容笑貌。
⑤ recollect為正式用詞,指用心追憶、回想某一件事,強調(diào)有意識地努力或意志,同recall詞義相近,但更強。
Can you recollect hearing such a story?你想得起聽到過這樣一個故事嗎?
He does not recollect how long they were in the house. 他回憶不起他們在那所房子里待了多長時間。