| 单词 | recall |
| 释义 | recall —recallable, adj. v. /ri kawl"/; n. /ri kawl", ree"kawl/ for 7-9, 12, 13; /ree"kawl/ for 10, 11, v.t. 1. to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said? 2. to call back; summon to return: The army recalled many veterans. 3. to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered: He recalled his mind from pleasant daydreams to the dull task at hand. 4. Internat. Law. to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat). 5. to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise. 6. to revive. n. 7. an act of recalling. 8. recollection; remembrance. 9. the act or possibility of revoking something. 10. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors. 11. Also called callback. a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like. 12. a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats. 13. a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again. [1575-85; RE- + CALL] Syn. 1. See remember. 5. rescind, retract, recant, repeal; annul. 7. memory. 9. revocation, retraction, repeal, withdrawal, recantation; nullification. Ant. 1. forget. |
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