memoir

memoir
noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. late 15th cent. (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) 'memory'
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