memorize

Compared meaning: to remember something (verb).

比较义项：记住，背诵（动词）。

• learn

  Learn is more general and often paired with 'by heart'; it describes coming to know something through exposure or repetition, without stressing perfect, word-for-word recall the way memorize does.

  learn更笼统，常与“by heart”搭配，指通过接触或反复练习而记住某事，不像memorize那样强调能一字不差地准确复述。

  Children learn new words quickly when they read every day.

  孩子们每天阅读时，很快就能记住新单词。

• memorize 本词

  Memorize is more specific and formal, stressing deliberate, repeated effort until the exact words or details can be reproduced perfectly, as with a poem, speech or list.

  memorize更具体、更正式，强调经过刻意的反复努力，直到能准确复述出原话或细节，常用于诗歌、演讲或清单等。

  Students had to memorize the poem before the class presentation.

  学生们必须在课堂展示前把这首诗背下来。

Learn and memorize both mean coming to remember something. Learn is general, often paired with by heart, through exposure or repetition. Memorize is formal, meaning repeated effort until something can be reproduced exactly, like a poem. This does not cover learn meaning to gain knowledge.

这两个词在“记住、背诵”这一意义上很接近，但memorize语气更正式，强调能准确无误地复述；learn则更笼统随意，常与“by heart”连用。这里不比较learn的常见义项——“学习、学会”某种知识或技能。