memoir
/ˈmemwɑː(r)/noun
1
- a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources传, 传记, 传略：
in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband.
1924年她出版了她丈夫的简短传略。
1.1
memoirs
an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people自传; 回忆录。
2
- an essay on a learned subject专题学术论文：
an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea.
有关石炭纪甲壳动物的重要专题学术论文。
2.1
memoirs
the proceedings or transactions of a learned society（学会）讨论事项纪要, 议事录; （学会）学报, 会刊：Memoirs of the Royal Society.
皇家学会会刊。
派生词
memoirist
noun词源
late 15th cent. (denoting a memorandum or record)： from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) 'memory'.