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To reminisce is to look back on your own past and there — usually on things that feel warm, funny, or dear — and often to talk about them with someone else. You reminisce about a summer, a school, an old friend.
To reminisceReminisce is to look back on your own past and linger there指的是回頭看自己的過去,並在那裡多停留一下 usually on things that feel warm, funny, or dear通常是那些讓人覺得溫暖、有趣、或珍貴的事 and often to talk about them with someone else而且常常會跟別人一起聊聊 You reminisce about你會追憶 a summer, a school, an old friend一個夏天、一間學校、一個老朋友
It is softer and narrower than remember. Remember can be any fact, even a sad one or a useful one (“I remember the password”).
It is softer and narrower than remember它比remember更柔軟、範圍也更窄 Remember can be any factRemember可以是任何事實 even a sad one or a useful one就算是悲傷的、或只是有用的資訊也行 ("I remember the password")("I remember the password"我記得密碼)
Reminisce almost always has a glow of “those were the days.” People do it at reunions, over tea, in interviews. It is not slang, but it is not stiff either.
Reminisce almost always has a glow ofReminisce幾乎總帶有一種 "those were the days.""those were the days"(那些日子真美好)的懷舊光暈 People do it at reunions, over tea, in interviews大家會在同學會、喝茶聊天、或訪談裡做這件事 It is not slang它不是俚語 but it is not stiff either但也不會很生硬
Older people use it a lot; younger people may just say they were talking about the old days. You reminisce about something; you do not reminisce a thing as a direct object in careful English.
Older people use it a lot年紀大的人常常用這個字 younger people may just say they were talking about the old days年輕人可能就只會說他們在聊以前的事 You reminisce about something你會追憶某件事 you do not reminisce a thing as a direct object in careful English在講究文法的英文裡,不會把reminisce直接接受詞
組成English made this verb from the older noun reminiscence (a back-formation). That noun goes back to Latin reminīscor, “to remember.”
同家族的字
- reminiscencethe noun this verb was cut from: a memory told as a story
- reminiscentadjective from the same family: making you think of another time or thing
原始詞典資料4 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。
reminisceverb/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/
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To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
- But in the blink of an eye, you kissed me goodbye And I reminisced of a better time
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To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
- I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice / And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce / So Pete Rock hit me, nuff respect due / When they reminisce over you, listen
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To remember fondly; to reminisce about.
- And now when life begins to get the best of me I reminisce these childhood memories
- He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.
reminiscenoun/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/
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informalAn act of reminiscence.
- I met up with Alastair McQueen [former Mirror colleague] and we had a reminisce.
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。