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单词 aide-mémoire
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aide-mémoiren.

Brit. /ˌeɪdmɛmˈwɑː/, /ˌeɪdˈmɛmwɑː/, U.S. /ˌeɪdˌmɛmˈwɑr/
Inflections: Plural aide-mémoires, (rare) aides-mémoires.
Forms: 1800s– aide-mémoire, 1800s– aide-memoire.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aide-mémoire.
Etymology: < French aide-mémoire abridged handbook (1819 or earlier), informal diplomatic message (although this is apparently first attested later: 1866 or earlier) < aide , 2nd person singular imperative of aider aid v. + mémoire memory n.In French the plural form is unchanged: des aide-mémoire. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ędmemwār) /ɛdmemwar/.
1. Something that helps one remember a fact or facts, esp. a handbook or note.
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society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes > specific
field notes1687
note1693
aide-mémoire1846
lecture note1892
bordereau1897
worksheet1925
FYI1986
1846 G. G. Lewis et al. (title) Aide-mémoire to the military sciences.
1855 H. Laxton (title) Examples of building construction, intended as an aide-memoire for the professional man.
1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 151/1 Catalogue Illustré du Salon..is more than a very useful aide mémoire of the great collection.
1908 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Field Club 29 p. lxxv Dr. Colley March answered that Dr. Thurnam's axiom was a useful aide-mémoire; but it was not always to be relied upon.
1971 J. Anderson in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer vii. 62 Another approach is to stress the importance of patient information..as an aide memoire for the doctor.
2005 A. Van Ardsall in E. L. Furdell Textual Healing i. 21 If we assume medieval healers knew their plants fresh and dried, the illustrations would have served perfectly well as aides mémoires.
2. An informal diplomatic message; = memorandum n. 1d. Cf. memoir n. 1b.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > statement of position or demands
memorial1536
memoir1571
memorandum1650
ultimatum1731
conclusum1798
aide-mémoire1855
penultimatum1882
1855 Times 28 Mar. 9/4 The question on which such a difference of opinion manifested itself..related to the formation of the ‘syndical authority’ mentioned in the second article of the Aide Mémoire.
1876 Month & Catholic Rev. Oct. 209 Alas! for the writers of ‘notes’, and ‘memoranda’, and ‘aide-memoires’, and despatches, who always end their most hostile communications by assuring one another of their ‘most distinguished consideration!’
1923 Westm. Gaz. 3 July No written document on the subject of the British questionnaires, even in the way of an aide memoire, will be handed to the Foreign Secretary.
1955 Times 1 Aug. 5/6 The United States has sent to Bulgaria a strongly worded aide-mémoire, transmitted through the Swiss Government, protesting against the ‘brutal attack’.
2000 Washington Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. a1 Without the aide-memoire, Russia's conventional arms sales to Iran would have been subject to sanctions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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