memorial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 mə-môr′ē-əl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Memory; recollection. obsolete
  2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
    — These mementoes or memorials [sculptural national monuments], though in the present age the unphilosophical and sciolistic spirit of some have led them to regard with contempt this method of honouring the illustrious great, excite a laudable admiration for the service or benefit to which they testify, and are living realities to perpetuate at once the respect entertained by the nation, both for the individual himself and the performance that has entitled him to their gratitude.
  3. A chronicle or memoir.
  4. A note or memorandum. archaic
  5. A service of remembrance or commemoration.
  6. A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
    — Captain Surman […] immediately addressed a memorial to the governor, stating that an act of Providence had sent him into port for the preservation of the lives of those on board; he therefore trusted he should be allowed to refit and depart.
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
    — a memorial building
  2. Contained in the memory.
    — a memorial possession
  3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory. archaic
    — This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.

词形变化

memorials plural more memorial comparative most memorial superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
memorialisation memorialise memorialist memorialize memorially memorial park memorial pole memorial rose memorial service metamemorial war memorial

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
词源 2
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
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