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jog your memory

2019年04月10日 | 英単語
東野圭吾の "The Devotion of Suspect X" を読んでいます。
Maybe you can just tell me about that evening in as much detail as possible? Don’t worry if it has nothing to do with any incident.”
“All right. I suppose,” Ishigami said, scratching the back of his neck.
“I know it was a while ago now, so I brought something I thought might help you remember the day.” Kusanagi handed over a chart of Ishigami’s work schedule for the week of March tenth, showing a list of the classes he’d taught along with the school events schedule. He must have procured the information from the office. “Does anything here jog your memory?” the detective asked, smiling.
"jog your memory" は文脈からすると「記憶を思い起こさせる」意味の様ですが、"jog" のこの様な用法は初めて見ます。辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Cause someone to remember something suddenly.: She then jogged his memory that they had a cat named Jack.

・Collins Dictionary: to remind; stimulate: please jog my memory

・Cambridge English Dictionary: to cause you to remember something: Seeing her again jogged my memory, and I recalled my life as a child on a farm in Minnesota.
週に5日位ジョッギングをしていますが、記憶力は落ちるばかり。この表現の様には行きません。
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