2019 May 27是美国的公共假日 Memorial Day

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Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle.

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commemorate *v.* [kuh-MEM-uh-rayt]
Definition
Did You Know?
Examples
Bonus - Learner's Word
- catastrophe *n.*

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commemorate v. [kuh-MEM-uh-rayt]

纪念

Definition

1: to call to remembrance
1: 回忆起

2: to mark by some ceremony or observation : observe
2：以某些典礼或仪式为标志的 : 同义词 observe

3: to serve as a memorial of
3：作为…的纪念用

Did You Know?

When you remember something, you are mindful of it. It’s appropriate, therefore, that commemorate and other related memory-associated words (including memorable, memorial, remember, and memory itself) come from the Latin root memor, meaning “mindful.” Some distant older relatives are Old English gemimor (“well-known”), Greek mermēra (“care”) , and Sanskrit smarati (“he remembers”). English speakers have been marking the memory of important events with commemorate since the late 16th century.

词源词根演化：memor (“mindful”) —> commemorate (v.)
from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).

当你记住某个事情，你脑子里会对其有印象。所以commemorate以及其他与记忆有关的单词（包括memorable，memorial，remember和memory自身）都来自于拉丁词根memor，意思是 “mindful 记住的”，这是很容易理解的。还有一些远亲，古英语中的gemimor (“众所周知的”)，希腊语的 mermēra (“关照”)，以及梵语 smarati （“他记住”）。自从16世纪，英语世界开始使用commemorate来纪念重要事件的日子。

Examples

A plaque commemorates the battle that took place on this spot 200 years ago.
这个铭牌用来纪念200年前发生在这个地方的战斗。
"The conference will feature presentations by educators and World War II history experts, along with discussions with veterans of the war. It will culminate with a remembrance ceremony at the World War II Memorial, where participants will commemorate veterans of that war. "
— Abigail Austin, The Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine), 15 Apr. 2019
本次大会将会有教育专家和二战历史专家做讲演专题，也会有二战老兵参与讨论。这个大会将会举行二战纪念仪式，在那里与会者将共同怀念参与二战的老兵。

Bonus - Learner’s Word

catastrophe n.

/kəˈtastrəfē/ (from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’ (from strephein ‘to turn’).)
: a terrible disaster

[ count ]

The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.
Experts fear a humanitarian catastrophe if food isn’t delivered to the refugees soon.
global/nuclear/economic catastrophe

[ noncount ]

an area on the brink of catastrophe

— catastrophic [ˌkætəˈstrɑːfɪk] adj. [more / most] catastrophic

The effect of the war on the economy was catastrophic.
a catastrophic drought

— catastrophically [ˌkætəˈstrɑːfɪkli ] adv.

The dam failed catastrophically, flooding the entire valley.

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