误It seems already distant memory.
正It seems already a distant memory.
析memory意为“回忆”“回忆中的人或事”,是可数名词。
他没有把我的话记住。误He didn't commit what I said to the memory.
正He didn't commit what I said to memory.
析commit sth to memory是固定短语,表示“把某事记住”, memory前没有定冠词。
他能靠记忆逐字复述老师在课堂上讲过的东西。误He could repeat what the teacher had said in class word by word from the memory.
正He could repeat what the teacher had said in class word by word from memory.
析表示“靠记忆”,应该说from memory,而不是from the memory或from one's memory,即在memory前既不用定冠词,也不用物主代词。
她对数字有着非凡的记忆力。误She has an extraordinary memory of figures.
正She has an extraordinary memory for figures.
析memory后接for可表示对某物的记忆力。
很久以前的事,在我脑子里还很清晰。误A remote memory is still fresh in my mind.
正The memory of a remote day is still fresh in my mind.
析可以说a remote day〔time,place〕; in the remote past, in the remote future,但不能说remote memory。