To memorialize a person or an event is to do something so that other people will keep remembering them: put up a statue, give a street a name, hold a ceremony, fix a plaque to a wall. Schools, cities, and families all do this.

To memorialize a person or an event是 to do something so that other people will keep remembering them做一件事，讓其他人一直記得那個人或那件事: put up a statue像立一座雕像, give a street a name給一條街取名字, hold a ceremony辦一場儀式, fix a plaque to a wall在牆上釘一塊紀念牌。 Schools, cities, and families all do this學校、城市、家庭都會這樣做。

Though actually, in American English you also hear it for a more private act — a post online, a scholarship, a tattoo — anything meant as a lasting mark.

Though actually不過其實, in American English在美式英語裡 you also hear it for a more private act你也會聽到它用在比較私人的行為上 — a post online像在網路上發一篇文, a scholarship設一個獎學金, a tattoo刺一個刺青 — anything meant as a lasting mark任何用來留下長久紀念的事都算。

British spelling is often memorialise, with an s.

British spelling is often memorialise英式拼法通常是memorialise, with an s多一個s。

The word is fairly formal; friends might say “we want to remember her” rather than “we want to memorialize her.” Do not mix it up with memorize, which is only getting words into your own head for a test.

The word is fairly formal這個詞相當正式; friends might say “we want to remember her”朋友之間可能會說「我們想記得她」 rather than “we want to memorialize her.”而不是說「我們想memorialize她」。 Do not mix it up with memorize不要跟memorize搞混, which is only getting words into your own head for a test那只是為了考試把單字背進腦子裡。