| 释义 |
re·call /rɪˈkɔːl/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 记得；回想起，回忆起；提醒；使人想起
I don't recall your name but recognize your face. 我不记得你的名字，但认得你的脸。
I recall seeing a poster on his wall. 我记得曾在他墙上见过一张招贴画。
I can't recall where he lives (how to do it). 我想不起他住在哪儿(这个活怎么做法)。
The sound of my name recalled me to myself. 听见有人叫我名字，我才清醒过来。
They were recalled to a sense of propriety by the presence of visitors. 宾客莅临提醒他们行为应当得体。
a playwright who recalls the Elizabethan dramatists 一位能引人联想起伊丽莎白时代那些戏剧大师的剧作家
2. 叫回，召回
recall an ambassador 召回大使
be recalled to active duty 被召回服现役
Parliament was hastily recalled from recess. 休会的议员被匆匆召回议事。
3. 使(思想、注意力)重新集中
4. 收回；(制造商)主动收回(有缺点的产品)负责检修，召回；撤销
recall a gift 收回礼物
The car was recalled for possible safety defects. 因存在安全隐患，汽车被厂方召回。
He recalled his earlier instructions. 他撤销了先前的指令。
recall a decision 撤销裁定
5. 罢免
6. 使复苏，使恢复
The invalid could not be recalled to his former vitality. 那病人不可能恢复先前那样的活力了。
7. 【计】检索
❷ vi.
记得；回想
As you may recall, he was in the army then. 你可能记得，当时他正从军。
II /rɪˈkɔːl, ˈriːkɔːl/
n.
1. 回想，回忆；记忆(力)
Why are some memories more available for recall than others? 为什么有些往事比之其他往事更易被忆起?
Do you have any recall of the accident? 那事故你还回忆得起吗?
2. 返回通知，召回令；召回
a recall of workers after a layoff 经一段时期停雇以后的返厂复工通知
give an actor a recall (用掌声表示)要求演员重返幕前
letters of recall (使节的)召回国书
the recall of a general from abroad 一位在国外的将军的被召返国
3. 【军】归队号声；【海】(船舰的)召回信号
The horn below sounded the recall. 底下的号角召唤归队。
4. 收回；(制造商对有缺陷商品的)召回；撤销
5. 〈美〉(由公民投票对官员的)罢免；罢免权
Elected judges may be removed by a recall vote. 由选举产生的法官可经投票罢免。
6. 【计】检索(率)
7. (电子表闹音时间的)显示(键)
phr. beyond (或 past) recall 不 (能)被记起的；召唤不回来的，不能挽回的；不可取消的 It is gone beyond recall. 它一去不复返了。This is a matter past recall. 这是不能挽回的事。a decision past recall 不可挽回的决定recall to mind 记得；回想起，回忆起 I can't recall to mind that he said anything about payment. 我记不得他说过什么关于付钱的事。 |