A memento is a small thing you keep because it brings a person, a place, or a day back into your mind. It might be a ticket, a pressed flower, a cheap key ring from a trip, a note in someone’s handwriting.

A memento ismemento是 a small thing you keep一件你留著的小東西 because it brings a person, a place, or a day back into your mind因為它會把某個人、某個地方，或某一天帶回你的腦海裡。It might be可能是 a ticket, a pressed flower, a cheap key ring from a trip, a note in someone's handwriting一張票根、一朵壓乾的花、旅行帶回來的便宜鑰匙圈，或是某人手寫的一張紙條。

The point is not money; the point is memory. Though actually, people sometimes use it loosely for any souvenir they bought, even when they never look at it again.

The point is not money重點不是錢；the point is memory重點是回憶。Though actually不過其實，people sometimes use it loosely for any souvenir they bought人們有時候會鬆散地用它來指任何買來的紀念品，even when they never look at it again即使他們再也不會看它一眼。

It sounds a little more thoughtful than souvenir — a souvenir can be something you grabbed at the airport; a memento is something you meant to keep. You will meet it in both careful writing and ordinary talk, though younger people might just say keepsake, or “this thing reminds me of…”

It sounds a little more thoughtful than souvenir它聽起來比souvenir更有心思一點——a souvenir can be something you grabbed at the airportsouvenir可能是你在機場隨手抓的東西；a memento is something you meant to keepmemento則是你本來就打算留著的。You will meet it你會遇到這個字 in both careful writing and ordinary talk在講究的寫作和日常對話裡，though younger people might just say不過年輕人可能就直接說 keepsake, or "this thing reminds me of…"keepsake，或是「這個東西讓我想起⋯⋯」。