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1 remember something [不及物，及物动词不用于进行时] to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past :

You don’t happen to recall his name, do you?

recall (that)

I seem to recall I’ve met him before somewhere.

recall doing something

I don’t recall seeing any cars parked outside.

recall what/how/where etc

I can’t recall who gave me the information.

As I recall , it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.

2 person [及物动词] to officially tell someone to come back to a place or group

recall somebody to something

Cole was recalled to the squad to replace the injured Quinn.

recall somebody from something

The Ambassador was recalled from Washington.

3 product [及物动词] if a company recalls one of its products, it asks people who have bought it to return it because there may be something wrong with it :

The cars had to be recalled due to an engine fault.

4 computer [及物动词] to bring information back onto the screen of a computer

5 be similar to something [及物动词] if something recalls something else, it makes you think of it because it is very similar :

The furnishings recall the 1960s.

6 politics [及物动词] American English to vote to remove someone from their political position

THESAURUS

remember to form an idea in your mind of people, events, places etc from the past : I remember Janine – she lived in that house on the corner. | I can’t remember how the film ends. | He remembered meeting her at a party once.

recall to remember a particular fact, event, or situation, especially in order to tell someone about it : Can you recall where your husband was that night? | She recalled that he had seemed a strange, lonely man.

recollect formal to remember an event or situation : Harry smiled as he recollected the scene. | She tried to recollect what had happened next in her dream.

memorize to learn facts, a piece of writing or music etc, so that you can remember them later : He’s trying to memorize his speech. | Don’t write down your PIN number, memorize it.

think back/look back to think about something that happened in the past : I thought back to when I was his age. | Looking back, I should have been more patient with her. | We need to stop looking back and start thinking about the future.

reminisce / remənɪs, remɪnɪs / to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them : They were reminiscing about old times. | I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce.

bear something in mind to remember something important when you are doing something, because it could affect what you do : Bear in mind that this is the first time he’s done this.

something is on the tip of your tongue used to say that you know a word or a name but that you have difficulty remembering it at this exact moment : His name’s on the tip of my tongue. I’ll think of it in a minute.

remind somebody of something to make you think of another person, thing, or time, because they are similar : It reminds me of the time when I first started teaching. | The taste reminded him of school dinners.