memoir

Word family noun memorial memory memo memoir memorabilia memorandum memoirismmemoiristadjective memorable memorial immemorial verb memorize memorialize adverb memorably

mem·oir /ˈmemwɑː $ -wɑːr/ noun [countableC]

1 memoirs [plural]STORY a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiences 〔名人〕回忆录

Lady Thatcher had just published her memoirs.

撒切尔夫人刚刚出版了她的回忆录。

2. formalWRITE a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or an event that you experienced 传略，实录

Examples from the Corpus

memoir• And I have written a memoir trying to explain my ongoing fascination with her life and work.• The diary of this trip is Jaynes' droll and artfully composed memoir.• Race is one of the issues Bradley has grappled with throughout his life, he writes in his memoir.• In his memoirs Eden wrote: I had long wished to bring National Service to an end.• In the memoirs he recollected his response as follows: Three solutions are conceivable.• Zab finds herself using the now obsolete narrative conventions of the memoir.• Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge, is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys.• He was always talking about those memoirs.

Origin memoir

(1600-1700) French mémoire “memory”, from Latin memoria; → MEMORY

词汇	memoir
释义	memoir Word family noun memorial memory memo memoir memorabilia memorandum memoirismmemoiristadjective memorable memorial immemorial verb memorize memorialize adverb memorably mem·oir /ˈmemwɑː $ -wɑːr/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 memoirs [plural]STORY a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiences 〔名人〕回忆录 Lady Thatcher had just published her memoirs. 撒切尔夫人刚刚出版了她的回忆录。 2. formalWRITE a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or an event that you experienced 传略，实录 Examples from the Corpus memoir• And I have written a memoir trying to explain my ongoing fascination with her life and work.• The diary of this trip is Jaynes' droll and artfully composed memoir.• Race is one of the issues Bradley has grappled with throughout his life, he writes in his memoir.• In his memoirs Eden wrote: I had long wished to bring National Service to an end.• In the memoirs he recollected his response as follows: Three solutions are conceivable.• Zab finds herself using the now obsolete narrative conventions of the memoir.• Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge, is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys.• He was always talking about those memoirs. Origin memoir (1600-1700) French mémoire “memory”, from Latin memoria; → MEMORY
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