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commemoration

/kuh-mem-uh-rey-shuhn/US // kəˌmɛm əˈreɪ ʃən //UK // (kəˌmɛməˈreɪʃən) //

纪念活动,纪念,纪念品,悼念活动

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of commemorating.
    • : a service, celebration, etc., in memory of some person or event.
    • : a memorial.
    • : a special service or prayer for commemorating the lesser feast on days on which two feasts of unequal rank are celebrated.

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Examples

  • It was not that this was a place where despair led to a lasting choice, but that the area was filled with trash and rotting construction signs rather than any commemoration for the lives that were lost.

  • I think commemoration ought to drive change and not be a substitute for change.

  • Orlando City Hall on June 1 raised the Pride flag in commemoration of Pride month.

  • He recently became the first president to visit Tulsa in commemoration of a race massacre there.

  • On May 8, Thiel organized a community commemoration of the 91st anniversary of the Sherman Riot and the lynching of Hughes.

  • As late as the fifth century, powerful aristocratic women took charge of the commemoration of the dead in Rome.

  • To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.

  • But the Maryland governor also has higher ambitions for the commemoration.

  • Just before commemoration week, the province had uncovered another body and was preparing it for burial.

  • The majority are now in school elsewhere but return each year during commemoration.

  • Musical festival in Westminster abbey, in commemoration of the birthday of Handel.

  • On the first day of the seventh month, Tishri (October), is the commemoration of the creation of the world.

  • I will not however speak of them all, but only those whom I suppose to be worthy of commemoration and full discussion.

  • In commemoration of this miraculous manifestation of the divine will the city was named Tzintzuntzan, 'place of celestial birds.'

  • Finally, a medal was struck in commemoration of the event, and presented to the workmen.