At first it may have been grains or pebbles but now it is a memorised sequence of words that happen to be the names of the numbers.

一开始它可能是谷物或鹅卵石，但现在它碰巧是一个数字名称的记忆单词序列。

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He memorised the list of dates.

他记住了日期表。

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Somehow, an organism without a neuron to call its own had memorised a pattern of events.

不知怎的，这些单细胞生物能记忆它面临过的事件模式。

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Admiration, not mockery, will greet those who know every line of the PATRIOT Act or have memorised the Geneva Conventions.

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This year there was no test of memorised basic knowledge in the Chinese language exam in Shanghai - only reading comprehension and creative writing.

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My fellow visitors weren't as prepared, hastily purchasing a few postcards from our guide and scribbling a quick note to whoever's address they had memorised by heart.

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