memento

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

Translation

n. 紀念品, 令人回憶的東西
Word Forms
複數mementoes

Phrases & Collocations

memento mori

死的警告;死的象徵

Example Sentences

you can purchase a memento of your visit.

你可以買個參觀紀念品。

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

他們送了他一塊手錶作爲爲公司服務的紀念。

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

主管因爲公司效力多年將獲贈予紀念品。

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

我的朋友在離別前給我一張照片留作紀念品。

Also called memento mori by more formal Sin-Eaters.

也被更多正式的噬罪者稱爲“死兆”(<b>mementomori</b>)。

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

也就是說“<b>mementomori</b>”這個拉丁短語應該被讀作:謹記死亡!

Real-world Examples

It's where I found the Vietnam mementos.

那個越南紀念品就是在裏面找到的。

Source: S03

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

不是,只不過如果能有紀念品。

Source: Friends Season 6

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

這些東西是已經死亡的陸地—對我來說—所留下的最後紀念品了。

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.

我大喫一驚,因爲這個東西是她留下的惟一的紀念物了。

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,不來看看沙皇亞歷山大二世之女大婚的紀念品嗎?

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

The first practice is memento distractio.

第一個做法是 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.

收到它的軍人可能是將其作爲紀念物保存在原來的包裝和錫罐中。

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.

紐約現在的情況更糟嗎?當然,這並不僅僅是因爲能引發我回憶的許多事物都消失了。

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

The second practice is memento passio.

第二種做法是 memento passio。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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