early 15c., "written record," from Anglo-French memorie "note, memorandum, something written to be kept in mind" (early 15c., Old French memoire), from Latin memoria (see memory). Meaning "person's written account of his life" is from 1670s.
雙語例句
1. She wrote a memoir of her stay in France.
她寫了一篇旅法記事錄.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.
他剛剛出了一本傳記來紀念他的隊長。
來自辭典例句
3. In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject.
他於1858年,曾寄給我關於本題的一篇論文.
來自辭典例句
4. That Sir Max reveals little about himself in this memoir hardly matters.
馬克思爵士在回憶錄裏幾乎沒有提到自己.
來自互聯網
5. That volcanologist was busying with memoir after his retirement.