c. 1300, "a memory, recollection," from Old French remembrance (11c.), from remembrer (see remember). From late 14c. as "consideration, reflection; present consciousness of a past event; store of personal experiences available to recollection, capacity to recall the past." Also late 14c. as "memento, keepsake, souvenir," and "a commemoration, remembering, ritual of commemoration." Meaning "faculty of memory, capability of remembering" is early 15c.
British Remembrance Day, the Sunday nearest Nov. 11 (originally in memory of the dead of World War I) is attested from 1921. A remembrancer (early 15c.) was a royal official of the Exchequer tasked with recording and collecting debts due to the Crown; hence also, figuratively "Death" (late 15c.).
双语例句
1. He had clung to the remembrance of things past.
他沉湎于过去的记忆。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They wore black in remembrance of those who had died.
他们身穿黑色衣服，以纪念那些亡故者。
来自柯林斯例句
3. A service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war.
为当地阵亡的战士举行了纪念仪式。
来自《权威词典》
4. All remembrance of him has escaped from my mind.
