Word · Frequency #14189
Recollects
回忆起；想起
Recollects is the third person singular of recollect.
to bring past events or thoughts back into your mind; to remember
- 1.
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
回忆；重新整理思绪,尤指关于过去的事情。
- 2.
To compose oneself.
使自己镇定下来。
镇定下来；使自己平静；回忆；重新整理思绪,尤指关于过去的事情。；使自己镇定下来。；回忆；回想
In use
I can't recollect where I left my keys.
She recollected meeting him at a conference last year.
He is trying to recollect the details of the accident.
recollect sth
recollect sth 表示“回忆起某事”，常用于否定句或疑问句。
I can't recollect her name.
我想不起她的名字。
recollect doing sth
recollect doing sth 表示“记得做过某事”，后接动名词。
She recollects meeting him years ago.
她记得多年前见过他。
recollect that ...
recollect that 从句表示“回忆起……”。
He recollected that he had left the keys at home.
Connections
Collocations
- recollect details
- 回忆起细节
- She tried to recollect the details of the conversation.她努力回忆那次谈话的细节。
- recollect a name
- 想起一个名字
- I can't recollect her name right now.我现在想不起她的名字。
- recollect seeing someone
- 记得见过某人
- I don't recollect seeing you at the party.我不记得在聚会上见过你。
- recollect the past
- 回忆过去
- She often recollects the past with her grandmother.她经常和祖母一起回忆过去。
- recollect oneself
- 使自己镇定下来
- He took a deep breath to recollect himself.他深吸一口气让自己镇定下来。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把recollect想成re-collect（重新收集）：把记忆或思绪重新收集起来。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、memoirs and reminiscence、literary narrative recollect 多用于正式或书面语境；表示“回忆起”时比 remember 更正式，recollect oneself 则表示“使自己镇定”，比较常见于文学作品或正式叙述中。
Grammar Note
recollect 是及物动词，后接名词、动名词或that从句。
Pronunciation & Spelling
collect、elect、select、reflect、neglect 的词尾都是相同的重读音节 /-lɛkt/，与 recollect /ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt/ 押韵；dialect /ˈdaɪəlɛkt/ 只是拼写相似，重音不同，不押韵。另注意带连字符的 re-collect /ˌriːkəˈlɛkt/（意为“重新收集”）读音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.