核心詞義
v. 使想起（remind的過去式和過去分詞）；提醒
知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
詞語辨析
remind sb to-v，remind sb of v-ing
【解說】remind接雙賓語時(shí)其直接賓語可以是動(dòng)詞不定式，也可以是介詞短語“of+v-ing”。它們之間的區(qū)別是前者指將來發(fā)生的事情，而后者則指過去發(fā)生過的事情。試比較以下兩個(gè)句子He reminded me to answer the letter.他提醒我回這封信。He reminded me of my answering the letter.他提醒我已經(jīng)回過這封信了。remind，mind，recall，recollect，remember
【解說】
這組詞的共同意思是“回憶”“記起”。它們之間的區(qū)別在于1.mind指通過媒介或激發(fā)力而“想起”，是方言用法。2.recall指有意識(shí)地記起了過去的事情，還可表示由于看到的東西與往事相似而引起回憶。例如I can still recall your saying to me that you were going to be a lawyer.我還記得清你對我說過你要當(dāng)律師的事。I don't recall where to meet her.我不能記起在哪兒見過她。I don't recall how to do it.我不能記憶起怎樣做那事。3.remember則有可能是有意識(shí)地，也可能是不由自主地記住。例如Now，I remember.We met for the first time in the Dabie Mountains.哦，我想起來了。我們第一次是在大別山見面的。I have never had this kind of experience since I can remember.自我記事以來，我從來沒有這樣的經(jīng)歷。She caught herself remembering how things were there twenty years before.她不由自主地回想起20年前那里的情景。4.remind指通過媒介或激發(fā)力而“想起”。例如The picture reminded him of his home and family in Taiwan.這幅畫使他想起了在臺(tái)灣的故鄉(xiāng)和親人。The time of year reminds me how the months have gone.每年這個(gè)時(shí)候都使我想起那些月份是怎么過去的。5.recollect可表示輕松愉快或沉思默想地回憶某事。例如She sat there quietly and began to recollect their happy holidays.她靜靜地坐在那兒，開始回憶起他們愉快的假日。memorize，remember，recall，recollect，remind
【解說】
這些動(dòng)詞均有“記憶、記住、回憶”之意。memorize指有意識(shí)的下功夫把某事的整個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)都記在腦子里。remember含義較廣，多指無意識(shí)地回憶起往事，也可指通過主觀努力去記憶。recall比remember文雅，指想方設(shè)法回憶已經(jīng)遺忘之事。recollect指在記憶中搜索，設(shè)法想起一時(shí)想不起的事情或人，強(qiáng)調(diào)過程。remind指經(jīng)某人或某事的提醒而回憶起某件已遺忘之事。