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单词 recall
释义 re·call
I. \rə̇ˈkȯl, rēˈ-\ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + call
1.
 a. : to call back : summon or cause to return
  < was recalled from abroad to report to the government >
  < was recalled to active service >
  < other automotive divisions will recall their hourly workers — Sacramento (Calif.) Bee >
  < is thought that his soul has quitted his body and must be recalled — J.G.Frazer >
 b. : to call or bring back the thought or memory of
  < the sight of the streets thronged with buyers … recall ed to me the purpose of my journey — James Joyce >
  < knowledge of an event or fact which the sign recalls — Edward Clodd >
 c. : to remind one of : exhibit a resemblance to
  < look with suspicion upon anything that might savor of economic exploitation or recall old imperialist ideas — Arthur Rucker >
  < the rectangular, four-story mass of unusually high proportions recalls numerous courthouse designs of the period — American Guide Series: New York >
 d. : recollect
  < seem always to recall him in his brown velvet smock — Osbert Sitwell >
  < recalling the emotions and events and spectacles which have come to a man with the years — P.E.More >
2. : to annul by taking back
 < past sentence may not be recalled — Shakespeare >
3. : to cause to exist again : restore
 < beauty … whose season was, and cannot be recalled — William Wordsworth >
4. : to bring back to consciousness or awareness : revive
 < trying to recall her stunned senses — George Meredith >
 < stared and recalled himself and was ashamed — Pearl Buck >
Synonyms: see remember, revoke
II. \ˈrēˌkȯl, rə̇ˈk-, rēˈk-\ noun
1.
 a. : the act or an instance of calling back : a summons to return from or to a position, situation, or place
  < the recall of an ambassador from his post >
  < the recall of a reserve officer to active duty >
  < announced the recall of 500 workers after a 2-week layoff >
 b.
  (1) : a signal (as a bugle call) summoning soldiers back (as to ranks or camp) or indicating the end of a drill or work period
  (2) : a signal calling a boat back to a ship
 c. : the right or procedure by which a legislative, judicial, or executive official may be removed from office before the end of his term by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number (as 25 percent) of qualified voters
  < nearly one third of the states allow the recall to be used by all cities — J.E.Pate >
  < recall election >
2. : remembrance of what has been previously learned or experienced : reproduction, revival — compare recognition
 < mere recall of past memories without integrating them in terms of current reality is ineffective — M.H.Erickson >
 < could remember strange streets, bays, oceans, harbors, countrysides with almost total visual recall — Henry Wallace >
3. : the act of revoking or the possibility of being revoked
 < the war is completed — the price is paid — the title is settled beyond recall — Walt Whitman >
 < this is a matter past recall — Robert Browning >
III. noun
1. : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a product that may be defective or contaminated
2. : the ability (as of an information retrieval system) to retrieve stored material
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