最令人怀念的莫过于小时候的欢乐时光了,那么你最珍贵的childhood memory是什么?一起去看看这些和memory相关的idioms吧!
bear in mind
铭记于心
If a person asks you to bear something in mind, they are asking you to remember it because it is important.TIPSe.g. You must bear in mind that the cost of living is higher in Beijing.你必须记住,在北京的生活成本更高。
brain / memory like a sieve
形容记忆力极差
sieve n. 漏网,筛子Someone who has a brain like a sieve has a very bad memory and forgets things easily.TIPSe.g. I forgot to buy the bread. I've got a brain like a sieve these days!我忘了买面包了。我这两天很健忘。
jog one's memory
唤起某人的记忆
When you help someone to remember something they have forgotten, you jog their memory.TIPSe.g. You don't remember who was with us that day? Here's a photograph to jog your memory.你不记得那天谁和我们在一起了吗?这里有一张照片可以唤起你的记忆。
take a trip down memory lane
回忆往事
If you take a trip down memory lane(小路), you remember pleasant things that happened in the past.TIPSe.g. Every Christmas is a trip down memory for the family when our parents take out the photograph albums.每年圣诞节当我父母拿出相册的时候,都是一家人回忆往事的时光。
rake over the ashes
想起不愉快的往事
rake v. 搜寻
ashes n.骨灰,灰烬(ash的复数)
When people rake over the ashes, they discuss an unpleasant event which took place in the past.TIPSe.g. My grandfather's business went bankrupt years ago, but he still rakes over the ashes from time to time.我祖父的生意很多年前就破产了,但是他还时不时地想起这段不愉快的往事。
in your mind's eye
在你的脑海中
If you can visualise something, or see an image of it in your mind, you see it in your mind's eye.TIPSe.g.I can see the village in my mind's eye but I can't remember the name.在我的脑海里记得这个村庄的样子,但是我记不起它的名字了。