每日单词：recollect

每日单词：recollect

recollect /ˌrekəˈlekt/

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外刊例句

Some from each group were told to name the odours they encountered; others were not. Then they were given a distraction to clear their minds, followed by a chance to recollect what they had smelled. As expected, the experts performed better than the amateurs—but those who articulated their thoughts did no better than those who had not.

每组中一些人被要求说出他们闻到的气味，其他人没有。然后让他们分散注意力，理清思绪，通过偶然的机会再回忆自己闻到的气味。正如预期的那样，专家比业余者表现得更好，但是那些明确表达过自己想法的人，并不比那些没有明确表达过自己想法的人表现得更好。

——《经济学人》

基本释义

recollect：If you recollect something, you remember it.

v. 回忆，想起

追根溯源

单词recollect里的词根lect来自拉丁语legere，表示“选择”，所以，在英语里包含lect的单词，多与此相关。例如：

select /sɪˈlekt/ v. 选择

elect /ɪˈlekt/ v. 选举

neglect /nɪˈɡlekt/ v. 忽略；忽视

collect /kəˈlekt/ v. 收集

前缀re表示再次，col表示共同、一起，所以，re+col+lect=再一次将一些事情选择出来→回忆，想起