memorial

Compared meaning: a structure built to honor a person or event (noun).

比较义项：为纪念某人或某事而建造的建筑物（名词）。

• monument

  Emphasizes an impressive, often large or historic structure that stands as a lasting mark of a person, event, or era; not necessarily linked to death or mourning.

  强调宏伟或具有历史意义的建筑物，作为对人物、事件或时代的持久标记，不一定与死亡或哀悼有关。

  Tourists gathered around the old monument to take photos.

  游客们聚集在那座古老的纪念碑周围拍照。

• memorial 本词

  Emphasizes the purpose of honoring or remembering someone, often the dead, such as soldiers or victims; can be modest in size, like a plaque or garden.

  强调纪念或缅怀某人（常指逝者，如阵亡士兵或遇难者）的目的，规模可以很小，比如一块牌匾或一座纪念园。

  The city built a memorial to honor the soldiers who died.

  这座城市建了一座纪念物，以缅怀阵亡的士兵。

Monument and memorial both name structures honoring a person or event. Monument stresses an impressive or historic structure, not necessarily linked to death. Memorial stresses the purpose of remembering someone, often the dead, and can be modest, like a plaque.

这两个词都指为纪念人物或事件而建的构造物，容易混淆；memorial 更强调“悼念、缅怀”的用途，常与逝者或悲剧事件相关，monument 则更强调建筑本身的宏伟或历史意义，不一定与死亡有关。这里不比较 monument 表示“历史遗迹、古迹”这一引申用法。