单词 | commemorate |
释义 | com·mem·o·rate /kəˈmeməreɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] CELEBRATEREMEMBERto do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past 庆祝,为…举行纪念活动 a parade to commemorate the town’s bicentenary 庆祝该镇建立200周年的游行 —commemorative /kəˈmemərətɪv/ adjective a commemorative plaque 纪念匾→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscommemorate• When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.• Throughout the years, celebrations have been held to commemorate Coronations, Jubilees, and Royal marriages.• He also instituted a festival called Delphinia to commemorate his victory.• An imaginative programme of steam trains, listed below, was arranged to commemorate it.• The book will be published in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death.• Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts.• The shrines might have commemorated the creation of the palaces themselves.• And Richard Hollins Murray set about creating cloisters to commemorate the links with the past.• The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command.• The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.• In the park, there is a plaque commemorating the town's 150th anniversary.• Long Melford is one of the wool churches that commemorate the wealth of East Anglia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.Origin commemorate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of commemorare, from com- ( → COM-) + memorare “to remind of”com·mem·o·rate verbChineseSyllable something that Corpus and to to show remember do respect you |
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