a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources 传,传记,传略 in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband. 1924年她出版了她丈夫的简短传略。 ■(memoirs)an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people 自传;回忆录
an essay on a learned subject 专题学术论文 an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea. 有关石炭纪甲壳动物的重要专题学术论文。 ■(memoirs)the proceedings or transactions of a learned society (学会)讨论事项纪要,议事录;(学会)学报,会刊 Memoirs of the Royal Society. 皇家学会会刊。
派生 memoirist noun 语源
late 15th cent. (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) 'memory'