單字講座 51：commemorate (v) / memorize (v) / memoir (n)

前陣子，高雄「呱」起黃色小鴨旋風。這對萌樣小鴨，想必勾起不少人兒時開心泡澡的回憶！那麼今天我們就來熟悉一下 commemorate、memorize、memoir 這三個和回憶相關的單字吧。

▍commemorate (v) 紀念
▶ 例 1：人們在國殤紀念日群集紀念那些在戰爭中逝去的生命。
On Remembrance Day, people come together to commemorate those who died in the wars.

▍memorize (v) 熟記 = learn N by heart
▶ 例 1：上周老師叫我們熟記乘法表。
The teacher had us memorize the multiplication tables last week.

▍memoir (n) 回憶錄
▶ 例 1：她在回憶錄裏記載了她抗癌的過程。
In her memoir, she chronicled her battle against cancer.