memento

[US]/mɪ'mentəʊ/
[UK]/məˈmɛnto/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 纪念品, 令人回忆的东西
Word Forms
复数mementoes

Phrases & Collocations

memento mori

死的警告;死的象征

Example Sentences

you can purchase a memento of your visit.

你可以买个参观纪念品。

They gave him a watch as a memento of his time with the company.

他们送了他一块手表作为为公司服务的纪念。

The director will be presented with a memento for his long years of service.

主管因为公司效力多年将获赠予纪念品。

My friend gave me his picture as a memento before going away.

我的朋友在离别前给我一张照片留作纪念品。

Also called memento mori by more formal Sin-Eaters.

也被更多正式的噬罪者称为“死兆”(mementomori)。

That's how the phrase memento mori should be read: don't forget to die!

也就是说“mementomori”这个拉丁短语应该被读作:谨记死亡!

Real-world Examples

It's where I found the Vietnam mementos.

那个越南纪念品就是在里面找到的。

Source: S03

No, but it would have been nice to have a little memento...

不是,只不过如果能有纪念品。

Source: Friends Season 6

They're my last mementos of those shores that are now dead for me.

这些东西是已经死亡的陆地—对我来说—所留下的最后纪念品了。

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her.

我大吃一惊,因为这个东西是她留下的惟一的纪念物了。

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

And I developed two practices for eliminating distractions: memento distractio and memento passio.

memento distractio 和 memento passio。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Oh, but before you go, won't you come and see the mementoes of the wedding of Tsar Alexander II's daughter?

但是您走之前,不来看看沙皇亚历山大二世之女大婚的纪念品吗?

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

The first practice is memento distractio.

第一个做法是 memento distractio。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

The serviceman who received it probably kept it as a memento in its original wrapping and tin.

收到它的军人可能是将其作为纪念物保存在原来的包装和锡罐中。

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

Is New York worse now? Of course, and not just because many of my mementos are gone.

纽约现在的情况更糟吗?当然,这并不仅仅是因为能引发我回忆的许多事物都消失了。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The second practice is memento passio.

第二种做法是 memento passio。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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