recall
v
1
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (from...) (to...) order sb to return (from a place) (從某處)召回某人
recall an ambassador (from his post) 將大使(從駐在國)召回
recall (members of) Parliament, eg for a special debate 召回國會議員(如舉行特別辯論會).
(b) [Tn] order (sth) to be returned 要求歸還(某物)
recall library books, eg for stock-taking 要求歸還圖書館的書(如以便清點).
2 [Tn, Tf, Tw, Tg, Tsg]
bring (sth/sb) back into the mind; recollect 回憶(某事物[某人]); 記起
I can't recall his name. 我想不起他的名字了.
She recalled that he had left early. 她回憶起他走得很早.
Try to recall (to mind) exactly what happened. 把發生的事情盡可能仔細地回憶一下.
I recall seeing him. 我記得見過他.
I recall her giving me the key. 我記得她給過我那把鑰匙. Cf 參看 remember 1.
3 (phr v) recall sb to sth make sb aware or conscious again of sth 使某人重新注意到或意識到某事物
The danger recalled him to a sense of duty. 這危險的事喚起了他的責任感.
recall n
1 [sing] order to sb/sth to return 召回; 喚回
the temporary recall of embassy staff 使館人員的臨時召回.
2 [U] ability to remember; recollection 記憶力; 記性
a person gifted with total recall 有本事把全部細節都能記住的人
My powers of recall are not what they were. 我的記憶力已大不如前.
3 [C] signal, esp a bugle-call, to troops, etc to return 軍隊等的歸隊信號; (尤指)歸隊號
sound the recall 吹歸隊號.
4 (idm 習語) beyond/past re`call that cannot be brought back or cancelled 想不起來的; 不能取消的.