新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

recall

英  [rɪˈkɔːl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 记忆力 , 回忆

    Recall is the ability to remember something that has happened in the past or the act of remembering it.

    双语例句

    例:

    He had a good memory, and total recall of her spoken words.

    他记忆力很好,能完全回忆出她说过的话。

    例:

    He was impressed by her effortless recall of detail.

    他很佩服她能毫不费力地回忆起细节。

    例:

    his encyclopaedic recall.

    他百科全书般的记忆力。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 召回

    Recall is when you are ordered to return to your home, country, or the place where you work.

    双语例句

    例:

    The recall of Ambassador Alan Green is a public signal of America's concern.

    召回艾伦·格林大使是美国关注此事的公开信号。

    3[C 可数名词] 召回(产品)

    A recall is an occasion when a company asks the shops or people who have bought a particular product to return it because there is something wrong with it.

    双语例句

    例:

    a recall of the laptops due to defective supply parts.

    因有的配件存在缺陷而召回笔记本电脑。

    VERB. 动词
  • recalls , recalling , recalled

    1[I 不及物动词] 记起 , 回忆道

    When you recall something, you remember it and tell others about it.

    近义词

    remember , relate

    双语例句

    例:

    Henderson recalled that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington.

    亨德森记起他是在一次去华盛顿出差的途中与波拉德结识的。

    例:

    His mother later recalled: 'He used to stay up until two o'clock in the morning playing these war games.'

    他的母亲后来回忆道:“他过去常常熬夜到凌晨2点玩这些打仗的游戏。”

    例:

    'What was his name?'—'I don't recall.'

    “他叫什么名字?” “我想不起来了。”

    例:

    Colleagues today recall with humour how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours.

    同事们现在回想起那些会议怎么会经常慢吞吞地开到凌晨,总是带着一番戏谑。

    2[T 及物动词] 召回(某人)

    If you are recalled to your home, country, or the place where you work, you are ordered to return there.

    双语例句

    例:

    The US envoy was recalled to Washington.

    这位美国特使被召回了华盛顿。

    3[T 及物动词] 召回(产品)

    If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The company said it was recalling one of its drugs and had stopped selling two others.

    该公司说它正在召回它的一种药品,而且已经停售了另外两种药品。