[mass noun]remembrance, typically expressed in a ceremony (尤指通过仪式表达的)纪念 local martyrs received public commemoration. 本地的烈士们受到了公众的纪念。 ■[count noun]a ceremony or celebration in which a person or event is remembered 纪念仪式;庆典
常用词组 in commemoration
as a reminder, especially a ritual or official one 作为纪念(物)(尤指以仪式或官方方式) the window was ordered by the duchess in commemoration of her son. 公爵夫人定购了这扇窗来纪念她儿子。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin commemoratio(n-), from the verb commemorare 'bring to remembrance' (see commemorate)