英语词汇“commemorate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcommemorate

Origin:

1600-1700 Latin past participle of commemorare, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + memorare ‘to remind of’

VERB TABLE

commemorate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	commemorate
	he, she, it	commemorates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	commemorated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have commemorated
	he, she, it	has commemorated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had commemorated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will commemorate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have commemorated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am commemorating
	he, she, it	is commemorating
	you, we, they	are commemorating
Past	I, he, she, it	was commemorating
	you, we, they	were commemorating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been commemorating
	he, she, it	has been commemorating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been commemorating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be commemorating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been commemorating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

In the park, there is a plaque commemorating the town's 150th anniversary.
The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.
The book will be published in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death.
The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command.
Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts.
When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

An imaginative programme of steam trains, listed below, was arranged to commemorate it.
And Richard Hollins Murray set about creating cloisters to commemorate the links with the past.
He also instituted a festival called Delphinia to commemorate his victory.
Long Melford is one of the wool churches that commemorate the wealth of East Anglia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
The shrines might have commemorated the creation of the palaces themselves.
Throughout the years, celebrations have been held to commemorate Coronations, Jubilees, and Royal marriages.

Longman Language Activatorto celebrate something► celebrate

to do something , for example to have a party or special meal, because it is someone's birthday, wedding, or because of some other special event: · Congratulations on your promotion - we must go out and celebrate!· What do you want to do to celebrate our anniversary this year?celebrate something with something: · Harry celebrated his thirtieth birthday with a meal in a fancy restaurant.

► commemorate

to do something to show that you remember and respect an important event in the past or someone who did something important in the past, especially someone who is now dead: · The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.· The book will be published in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death.

► do something in somebody's honour

British /honor American to do something in order to show your respect for someone, for example because they have been very brave or have achieved something very special: · A parade was organised in honour of Madame Blier, who had risked her life to save the villagers from enemy soldiers.· When Mr Johns retired after 45 years' service, the company held a party in his honour.· The home stadium is named in Robinson's honor.

► mark

if you do something to mark a particular occasion, you do something special to show that it is important and should be remembered: · A firework display was organized to mark the Queen's birthday.· The celebration marked the 100th anniversary of the staging of the modern Olympic Games.

► in celebration of

in order to celebrate an important event or achievement: · In celebration of the store's grand opening, we're offering free balloons for the kids.· A retrospective film festival is being planned in celebration of the actor's 86th birthday.

when you do something so that a person or event will not be forgotten► in memory of somebody/in somebody's memory

if something is done in memory of someone who has died, it is done so that the person is not forgotten, and to show respect for them: · The monument was built in memory of all the soldiers who died in the war.· The statue was erected in 1888 in memory of John Wesley. · The inscription on the gravestone said simply, "In memory of David James Flower 1892-1917."· When Alfred Nobel died, an annual peace prize was established in his memory.

► memorial

a memorial concert, fund, service etc is made or done to show respect for someone who has died, especially someone who was important, so that that person will not be forgotten: · The memorial service was attended by the greatest names in Hollywood.· Eliot was asked to give the first Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin in 1940.· He met Saleh after a memorial ceremony for former president François Mitterrand.

► commemorate

if something commemorates someone's death or an event where people died, it is done in order to show respect for them and to remind other people of the person or event: · The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. · When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.commemorate something with something: · Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► celebrate/commemorate/mark an event

(=do something to show that you remember it)· Fans observed a minute’s silence to commemorate the tragic event.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► anniversary

· Each commemorated a painful anniversary on the same day last week.· And to commemorate their anniversary, the charity has opened a new office in Glasgow.· The idea of making a special flower picture to commemorate a particular wedding anniversary works very well.

► day

· It was a scream which one day they will commemorate with a plaque, and people will walk past it and remember.· The day, commemorating the date Texas slaves first heard about the Emancipation Proclamation, is celebrated by blacks in Texas.

► death

· Yet perhaps Thomas Hopkins and his wife took some solace in so commemorating the death of their eldest son.

► event

· Nearly all Sir Walter's monuments of pride have disappeared, but enough remains to commemorate the great event.· Erected in 1912, it commemorates a strange event in Zurich history.· To commemorate the event in more permanent fashion, the Old Stopfordians' Association presented one hundred guineas to buy an organ.

► plaque

· After the briefing our visitors were entertained to lunch and presented with a plaque to commemorate the visit.· On the brown walls of corrugated metal a plaque commemorated it as the former home of James Fenimore Cooper.· She officially unveiled a carved plaque to commemorate the centenary last year of the death of poet Richard Watson.· The double plinth features a brass plaque commemorating the 1990 Restoration Project.· The band presented the Company with a plaque commemorating their visit, together with a framed print displaying the regimental battle honours.

► victory

· Cnut himself perhaps wanted to commemorate a great victory.· He also instituted a festival called Delphinia to commemorate his victory.· A lurid tattoo on his thigh commemorated his victory.· Battle Abbey was founded by William to commemorate his victory and as a memorial to the fallen.· The government did its best to rally public opinion behind the war effort by encouraging public celebrations to commemorate war victories.