学个词Learn a Word 第630期 Memoir

今天我们要学的词是memoir¹。 Memoir, 回忆录。 "A Vietnam war veteran's memoir will be made into a movie," 一名越战老兵的回忆录将被拍成电影。 "The publisher of a Holocaust² memoir canceled the book after the author admitted that his tale was untrue," 出版商取消了一本有关犹太人大屠杀亲身经历的回忆录的发行，因为作者承认书中的故事其实是虚构的。 "First Lady Laura Bush confirmed that she is planning to write a memoir and has met with publishers," 美国第一夫人劳拉·布什承认，她打算写一本回忆录，而且已经跟出版商见了面。好的，今天我们学习的词是memoir...

 

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。