recall是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember -- 回憶起；回想起；記得

  • The old man recalled the city as it had been before the war. 這位老人回憶起戰前這座城市的樣子。

  • "As I recall," he said with some irritation, "you still owe me €150." 「我記得，」他有些惱火地說，「你還欠我150英鎊呢。」

  • [ + (that) ] He recalled (that) he had sent the letter over a month ago. 他記得一個多月前就已經把信寄出了。

  • [ + question word ] Can you recall what happened last night? 你能記起昨晚發生甚麽了嗎？

  • [ + -ing verb ] She recalled seeing him outside the shop on the night of the robbery. 她記得在發生搶劫案的那天晚上在商店外面見過他。

  • His paintings recall the style of Picasso. 他的畫作使人聯想起畢卡索的風格。

• 1 to order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company -- 召回；叫回；收回

  • The ambassador was recalled when war broke out. 戰爭爆發後大使就被召回了。

  • The company recalled thousands of jars of baby food after a salmonella scare. 由於沙門氏菌污染引起恐慌，該公司收回了幾千罐嬰兒食品。

• 2 the ability to remember things -- 記憶力；記性

  • Old people often have astonishing powers of recall. 老年人經常會表現出驚人的記憶力。

  • My brother has total recall (= he can remember every detail of past events). 我弟弟對過去發生的事情記得清清楚楚。

• 3 an occasion when someone orders the return of a person who belongs to an organization, or orders the return of products made by a company -- 召回；叫回；收回

  • an emergency recall of Parliament 緊急召回休會的議會議員開會

  • The company issued a recall of all their latest antibiotics. 公司將他們最近生産的抗生素全部召回。