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To commemorate someone or something is to do a public thing that shows you remember them and still respect them. It might be a ceremony, a holiday, a statue, a minute of silence, or a special day each year. It is not the same as a party: commemorate can be quiet and even sad, especially when people died. You commemorate a person, a battle, or a date — you are pointing back and saying this mattered. The word is a little formal; in casual talk people may just say remember, but commemorate always has that “we mark it on purpose” feel.
紀念
組成From Latin commemorātus, the participle of commemorō (“to bring back to mind”), with English -ate as a verb ending. First used around 1599.
同家族的字
- commemorationthe act or the occasion: commemorate + -ion
- commemorativethe “for remembering” kind of thing: commemorate + -ive
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
commemorateverb/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
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To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
- On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.
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To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
- The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
commemorateadj/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
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obsoleterareCommemorated.
- In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。