"search as he would, the memory was lost"
"he can do it from memory" "he enjoyed remembering his father"
"he had a good memory when he was younger"
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
"he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
误 It seems already distant memory.
正 It seems already a distant memory.
析memory意为“回忆”“回忆中的人或事”,是可数名词。
他没有把我的话记住。误 He didn't commit what I said to the memory.
正 He didn't commit what I said to memory.
析 commit sth to memory是固定短语,表示“把某事记住”, memory前没有定冠词。
他能靠记忆逐字复述老师在课堂上讲过的东西。误 He could repeat what the teacher had said in class word by word from the memory.
正 He could repeat what the teacher had said in class word by word from memory.
析 表示“靠记忆”,应该说from memory,而不是from the memory或from one's memory,即在memory前既不用定冠词,也不用物主代词。
她对数字有着非凡的记忆力。误 She has an extraordinary memory of figures.
正 She has an extraordinary memory for figures.
析memory后接for可表示对某物的记忆力。
很久以前的事,在我脑子里还很清晰。误 A remote memory is still fresh in my mind.
正 The memory of a remote day is still fresh in my mind.
析 可以说a remote day〔time,place〕; in the remote past, in the remote future,但不能说remote memory。
