commemorate

英 [kəˈmeməreɪt]

美 [kəˈmeməreɪt]

v.  (用…)纪念; 作为…的纪念

现在分词：commemorating　过去分词：commemorated　第三人称单数：commemorates　过去式：commemorated　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7928 / COCA.8691

牛津词典

verb

• （用…）纪念；作为…的纪念
  to remind people of an important person or event from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past
  1. A series of movies will be shown to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death.
     为纪念他逝世30周年，有一系列的电影要上映。
  2. A plaque commemorates the battle.
     有一块饰板用来纪念那次战役。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 纪念
  Tocommemoratean important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially created object.
  1. One room contained a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history...
     有一个房间里陈列着很多纪念棒球史上伟大时刻的画作。
  2. The 200th anniversary of Mozart's death is being commemorated around the world with concerts featuring his work.
     世界各地将举办以莫扎特的作品为主题的音乐会，以纪念他逝世200周年。

英英释义

verb

• call to remembrance
  1. We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
  2. Remember the dead of the First World War
  Synonym:remember
• be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  1. This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
  2. We memorialized the Dead
  Synonym:memorializememorialiseimmortalizeimmortaliserecord
• mark by some ceremony or observation
  1. The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
  Synonym:mark

双语例句

• To commemorate your love, get one and share it with your sweet person.
  为了纪念你的爱意，和您的爱人分享一个挂饰。
• Eg: A statue has been built to commemorate the100th anniversary of the poet's birthday.
  人们建造了一座雕像来纪念这位诗人诞辰一百周年。
• The United States postal service has issued a new stamp to commemorate the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
  美国邮政总局近日发行庆祝2008年北京奥运的新邮票。
• Hundreds turned up at the ceremony to commemorate the end of the war.
  几百人参加了纪念战争结束的仪式。
• The new stamps were issued to commemorate the coronation of the king.
  发行新邮票以纪念国王加冕典礼。
• To commemorate this historic event, our program will include a Hong Kong report next week.
  为了纪念这一历史事件，下周我们的节目中将有一个关于香港的报道。
• Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
  让他们会见第一，作为女性，哀叹和纪念死难者。
• Boston University held a vigil at the campus chapel on Tuesday evening to commemorate the victims.
  周二晚上，波士顿大学在校园教堂里组织了一次守夜活动来悼念遇难者。
• Today the Lebanese Community in Sydney is holding a public memorial ceremony to commemorate those who died.
  今天，悉尼的黎巴嫩社区将举行了一次公共追悼仪式，以纪念那些在战争中丧生的人们。
• Armistice Day was no longer an appropriate title for a day which would commemorate all war dead.
  停战日不再是一个适当的标题为战殁一天将纪念所有。