(1)记忆(力)(ability to store information in the mind and remember it when necessary)[U，C]：have an excellent～for names善于记姓名;have a bad (poor)/good～for faces/figures不善于记面孔/擅长记数字;He suffered from loss of～(～lose).他失去了记忆力。speak/paint/quote from～凭记忆讲述/作画/引述;play the whole piece/recite a long poem/sing a song from～凭记忆演奏整个曲子/背诵一首长诗/唱出一支歌曲;He said whole chunks of books from～. 他根据记忆说出了一大堆书名。commit sth to～记住某事;The fact slipped his～.这事他记不得了。〖同〗recall，remembrance，remembering;〖反〗forgetfulness;

(2)回(记)忆(中的事)(person，thing，happening，etc remembered)[C]：a clear/vague～of the early life 对早期生活清楚/模糊的回忆;a dim/distant～for the woman对那女人朦胧/遥远的回忆;The war is unpleasant～ies.战争是不愉快的往事。The tune brings back pleasant～ies.这曲调使人回想起愉快的往事。The photograph evokes happy～ies. 照片使人回想起幸福的往事。The old lady told us her～ies of her childhood in China.老太太给我们回忆起她童年时在中国的事。I have no～of that incident.我一点也记不起那件事。〖同〗recollection;

(3)记忆涉及的时间范围(time during which things happened which people can remember)[U]：This has happened within my～.在我的记忆中，这件事发生过。This has been the hottest summer within the～of my father.就我父亲记忆所及，这是最热的一个夏天。within～of men 在人们的记忆中;Today's weather is the worst within the living～.今天的天气是人们记忆中最糟糕的。

(4)存储器(part of a computer where information or programmes are stored)[C]：Read Only/Random Access M～只读存储/随机存储器;In digital computers two basic types of internal～ies are used.数字计算机设有两种基本内存。

in memory of/to the memory of 纪念：I shall read the next poem in～of my mother.我来朗读下一首诗，以纪念我的母亲。They built a monument in～of their dead leader.为纪念死去的领袖，他们建造了一座纪念碑。

to the best of one's memory 某人记忆所及：To the best of my～，she came on Thursday.在我的记忆中，她是周四来的。I've never been in this part of the town before to the best of my～.就我记忆所及，我从来没有到过该城的这个地方。

→′memorize，-ise v 记住，记忆(某事);′memorable adj 容易记住的;me′morial adj 纪念的;n 纪念碑