Question

英语 让某人回想起某事是用recall sth. to sb. 还是recall sb. to sth.?

英语 让某人回想起某事是用recall sth. to sb. 还是recall sb. to sth.?例如：那幅画让我想起了以前的日子。可以这样表达吗？
That picture recall the old days to me.

Answer 1

n. 回忆,召回,取消
v. 回想起,召回,恢复

词形变化:
形容词:recallable 动词过去式:recalled 过去分词:recalled 现在分词:recalling 第三人称单数:recalls

例句与用法:
1. The danger recalled him to a sense of duty.
这危险的事唤起了他的责任感。

2. I can recall the men's features.
我回忆得起这个人的容貌。

3. I can't recall how long it has been.
我回忆不起来多长时间了。

英英解释:
名词recall:

1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
同义词：callback

2. a call to return

3. a bugle call that signals troops to return

4. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
同义词：recollection, reminiscence

5. the act of removing an official by petition

动词recall:

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
同义词：remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think

2. go back to something earlier
同义词：hark back, return, come back

3. call to mind
同义词：echo

4. summon to return
同义词：call back

5. cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

6. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

7. cause to be returned
同义词：call in, call back, withdraw

Answer 2

可以那样表达。
英语不是和中文一样，有些是相反的。
所以recall sth. to sb.比较正确。

Answer 3

第一个，第一个！sth. recalls sth to sb. 或者sth reminds sb sth.

Answer 4

应该是remind sb. of sth.