recollect: [16] Recollect originated in Latin as recolligere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and colligere ‘gather’ (source of English collect). At first it simply meant literally ‘gather again’, but in the post-classical period it was extended metaphorically to ‘recall, remember’. English acquired it through its past participle stem recollect-.
"remember, recover knowledge of," 1550s, from Latin recollectus, past participle of recolligere, literally "to collect again," from re- "again" (see re-) + colligere "gather" (see collect). Related: Recollected; recollecting. The pronunciation is based on recollection.
双语例句
1. She could no longer recollect the details of the letter.
她想不起那封信的细节了。
来自《权威词典》
2. He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.
他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Try hard to recollect what you saw before the accident.
好好回想一下事故发生之前你看到的事情.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. I tried hard to recollect what I saw just before the accident.
