第1个回答 2013-08-02
memory
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n.
记忆, 记忆力, 回忆, 存储(器), 存储器
存储器,内存
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n.（名词）
【复数】 mem.o.ries
The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience.
记忆，记忆力：储存与回忆以往经历的大脑之能力
The act or an instance of remembering; recollection:
回忆：记忆的行动或具体例子；回忆：
spent the afternoon lost in memory.
用整个下午回想往事
All that a person can remember:
记忆的范围：一个人所能记住的一切：
It hasn't happened in my memory.
我记不得了
Something remembered:
记忆中的往事：被记住的事（或人）：
pleasant childhood memories.
愉快的童年回忆
The fact of being remembered; remembrance:
追思：被记住的事实；纪念：
dedicated to their grandparents' memory.
谨以此书纪念他们的祖父母
The period of time covered by the remembrance or recollection of a person or group of persons:
记忆时期：追想得起的年限，对某人或某一群人的回忆：
within the memory of humankind.
在人类的记忆中
Biology Persistent modification of behavior resulting from an animal's experience.
【生物学】 行为的修正：由动物过去的经历导致的保持终生的行为修正
Computer Science
【计算机科学】
A unit of a computer that preserves data for retrieval.
存储器：存储数据以备日后查用的计算机部件
Capacity for storing information:
存储量：存储信息的能力：
two million bytes of memory.
两百万字节的存储量
Statistics The set of past events affecting a given event in a stochastic process.
【统计学】 过去发生的事：在一随机过程中影响一给定事件的过去发生的一组事件
The capacity of a material, such as plastic or metal, to return to a previous shape after deformation.
弹性，恢复能力：物质变形后恢复原来形状的能力，如塑料或金属
Middle English memorie
中古英语 memorie
from Anglo-French
源自 英法语
from Latin memoria
源自 拉丁语 memoria
from memor [mindful] * see (s)mer- 1
源自 memor [留意的，注意的] *参见 (s)mer- 1
memory， remembrance， recollection， reminiscence
These nouns denote the act or an instance of remembering, or something remembered.
这些名词都是指记忆的行动、一具体记忆例子或记住的事件。
Memory is the faculty of retaining and reviving impressions or recalling past experiences:
Memory 是指储存、再现印象或回想起过去的经历的能力：
He has a bad memory for facts and figures.
他对事实与数字的记忆力很差。
“Even memory is not necessary for love” (Thornton Wilder). The word also applies to something recalled to the mind, a sense in which it often suggests a personal, cherished quality:
“爱甚至不需要记忆” （桑顿·瓦尔德）。这个词也用来指脑海中回想起来的东西，这种回忆常带有个人性和珍贵性：
“My earliest memories were connected with the South” (Thomas B. Aldrich).
“我最早的记忆是与南方联系在一起的” （托马斯B·艾尔里奇）。
Remembrance most often denotes the process or act of recalling:
Remembrance 最通常的含义是指回忆的过程或行动：
The remembrance of his humiliation was almost too painful to bear.
对于他所受到的侮辱的回忆使他痛苦得不能忍受。
Recollection is sometimes interchangeable with memory :
Recollection 有时可与memory 互换：
My recollection of the incident differs from yours. Often, though, the term suggests a deliberate, concentrated effort to remember:
我对这件事的记忆与你的有所不同。 但是，这个词通常表示有意地努力进行回忆：
After a few minutes' recollection she produced the answer.
经过几分钟的回想，她给出了答案。
Reminiscence is the act or process of recollecting past experiences or events within one's personal knowledge:
Reminiscence 是指在个人记忆范围内回想过去之经历或事件的行动或过程：
“Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety” (Charlotte Bront�0�5). When the word refers to what is remembered, it may involve the sharing of the recollection with another or others:
“对过去快乐时光的回想几乎完全占据了她的脑海” （夏洛蒂·勃朗特）。当这个词用来指被记住的东西时，它表示与另外一个人或几个人的共同回忆：
They spent some time in reminiscence before turning to the business that had brought them together.
他们回忆了一会往事，然后才转向将他们聚集到一起的事务上来。
memory
(拉丁词memoria留心；注意)