| 单词 | call sth to mind |
| 释义 | call sth to mindcall sth to mind 1 a) REMIND/MAKE somebody REMEMBERto remind you of something 使回忆起某事物 Don’t those two call to mind the days when we were courting? 难道他们俩没让你想起我们谈恋爱的时候吗？ b) REMEMBERto remember something 想起某事物 I couldn’t call to mind where I’d seen him before. 我想不起来以前在哪里见过他。 Examples from the Corpus call something to mind• Fresno and Modesto are cities that call to mind the words "hot" and "dry."• Can you call to mind when you last saw her? → call something to mind at call1(12) 2 a) to make you think of someone or something 使想起某人[某事物] SYN remind somebody of something The wine’s sweet nutty taste calls to mind roasted chestnuts. 这酒甜甜的坚果味使人想起烤栗子。 b) formal to remember something 回想起某事 The only thing I could call to mind was something my mother once said. 我唯一能想起来的就是母亲曾说过的话。 Examples from the Corpus bring/call something to mind• For some reason, the book brings Don Quixote to mind, charging in from the right.• Weiss' comment brings several thoughts to mind, about a subject on which little thinking has been done.• But they were shocked that just over one in ten could bring the day to mind.• Red and green, of course, bring the holidays to mind.• Wiesel's speech called to mind the victims of the Holocaust.• I can still bring it to mind, with lines of people coming off the hillsides and on to the road.• Remembering them brought back to mind the Wainfleet item.• But whose ministry is it to bring things to mind and to convict?• Each ornament on their Christmas tree brings to mind the friend or relative that gave it.• What brings this all to mind is something that happened recently at the convenience store. → bring/call something to mind at mind1(25) |
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