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在印度洋海嘯周年到來之際，受災(zāi)各國正分別舉行各種儀式，悼念這場大悲劇。在海嘯受災(zāi)最嚴(yán)重的印度尼西亞亞齊，哀悼儀式在26日8時(shí)16分開始，即去年第一個(gè)巨浪撲向當(dāng)?shù)氐臅r(shí)候。在斯里蘭卡，紀(jì)念活動的情況是這樣的：
In Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapakse will hold a memorial at a site near Galle where more than 1,000
passengers are thought to have died when the waves engulfed their train.
Later, women survivors will form a candle-light chain along the coast.
文中的memorial表示“紀(jì)念儀式”，memorial作名詞用時(shí)，還可用來指“紀(jì)念物（如紀(jì)念碑或紀(jì)念日）”以及“歷史記載”等，如：memorial
to the martyrs（烈士紀(jì)念碑）；memorials of a past
age（過去年代的歷史記載）。此外，memorial可用作形容詞，意為“紀(jì)念性的；記憶的”，比如，memorial
sculpture（紀(jì)念性雕塑）。
除memorial外，commemoration也可指“紀(jì)念儀式；紀(jì)念活動”。
（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)站編） | 
