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词汇 memorial
释义 memorial
noun[ C ]
uk /məˈmɔː.ri.əl/ us /məˈmɔːr.i.əl/
C2
an object, often large and made of stone, that has been built to honour a famous person or event: 纪念物;纪念碑
a war memorial战争纪念碑
The statue was erected as a memorial to those who died in the war.这尊雕像是为纪念战争中死去的人而竖立的。
 
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(alsomemorial service)
a ceremony to remember someone who has died, which usually takes place after they have been buried or cremated(= burned):
His family is planning a public memorial, to be held in September.
He did not attend a memorial commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
The war memorial was erected in 1950.这座战争纪念碑建于1950年。
The war memorial was dedicated to both Jews and Gentiles.这座战争纪念碑既是为了纪念犹太人也是为了缅怀非犹太人。
The chapel was raised as a memorial to her son.
He laid the wreath reverently in front of the memorial.他在纪念碑前敬献了花圈。
The memorial to those who had died in the war was unveiled in 1948 by the Queen.
Thousands of people attended a memorial to victims of Monday's shooting.
He will give the blessing at a memorial honouring the 100th anniversary of the war's end.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Gravestones and monuments
bluestone
cairn
cenotaph
colossus
epitaph
gravestone
headstone
memorialize
monolith
monument
obelisk
rest
rest in peaceidiom
rip
Stonehenge
the Eiffel Tower
the Statue of Liberty
tombstone
war memorial

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Ceremonies
memorial
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /məˈmɔː.ri.əl/ us /məˈmɔːr.i.əl/
done to remember a person or people who have died: 用以纪念的,纪念性的;追悼的
Hundreds of people came to Professor Conner's memorial service.数百人参加了康纳教授的追悼仪式。
The memorial garden is dedicated to those who died in the accident. 谨以这座纪念花园献给那些在事故中失去生命的人们。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Remembering people who have died
bereaved
dear departed
Devon
epitaph
grief
grieve
in memory of someoneidiom
lament
lamented
memento mori
memory
mourning
remembrance
requiem
rest
rest in peaceidiom
rip
shrine
viewing
wake

memorial | American Dictionary


memorial
noun[ C ]
us/məˈmɔr·i·əl, -ˈmoʊr-/
an object made in order to honor a person or event:
The statue is a memorial to those who died in the war.
A memorial service is an event held to remember a person who has died.

Examples of memorial


memorial
The immense pressure on space necessitated, and the turnover of families facilitated some re-use of graves and removal of memorials in both cities.
Three memorials was brought out hastily to forestall pirate editions.
Civic memorials were erected to provide sites that could mediate personal grief, to console and to provide a sense of community.
The ship's movements were reported to the throne in memorials from the governors and governors-general of the coastal provinces.
Until today, at each end of a term of the year, offices inside and outside the capital must present memorials on population registers, city temples, revenues from taxes, and granaries.
Monuments, memorials, museums, street names : how have these most visible forms of history been marked by understandings of public participation, geography, visuality, profitability and social progress ?
The modern memorials are deteriorating.
The cemeteries and memorials in the former war zone did not merely represent a cluster of the respective national memories, but were sites of cultural conflict and exchange.
There are memorials on which there are lists of names of hundreds of people who died in colliery catastrophes.
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There is no national planning policy guidance expressly relating to the location of war memorials in general.
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Provision for the preservation or recording of memorials to the dead is contained in existing legislation concerning the development of burial grounds.
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Memorials have been received on this subject, and the matter is still under consideration.
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The subject of war memorials is one which must be approached with discretion.
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The memorials of the fallen may be accompanied by marks of mourning or gratitude or honour, and different nations express these sentiments in different ways.
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I have received memorials to the effect mentioned from a number of branches of the union.
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Collocations withmemorial


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fitting memorial
The editors of the volume organized the conference, which finds a fittingmemorial in this collection.
memorial chapel
It also uses the officers' mess and maintains the memorial chapel opposite, which was built entirely by public subscription.
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memorial fund
A grant of £4,000 out of the memorialfund has already been given to some of the persons involved.
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