date back

英 [deɪt bæk]

美 [deɪt bæk]

追溯（到）; 开始（于）; 始建（于）

TOEFL

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 追溯（到）；开始（于）；始造（或建）（于）
  If somethingdates back toa particular time, it started or was made at that time.
  1. ...a palace dating back to the 16th century...
     始建于 16 世纪的王宫
  2. This tradition dates back over 200 years.
     这一传统可追溯到 200 多年以前。

英英释义

verb

• belong to an earlier time
  1. This story dates back 200 years
  Synonym:go backdate from

双语例句

• Speculations about why we sleep date back to before the days of Aristotle.
  对于人类为什么要睡觉的推测，可以追溯到亚历士多德以前。
• The progenitor of this class of problems may date back to pre-Greek times.
  这类问题的先驱可以追溯到希腊以前的时间。
• Oxford and Cambridge date back to the thirteenth century.
  牛津和剑桥的历史可追溯到十三世纪。
• It is said that the term probably can date back to feudal Japanese times.
  据说这个词可以追溯到日本的封建时期。
• What time can the marathon date back to?
  马拉松可以追溯到何时？
• But records of ocean temperatures are patchy, and in any case date back only half a century.
  不过，现存有关海洋温度的记录少得可怜，人们最多只能找到半个世纪前的记录。
• It is a sharp contrast to the popular wooden models that date back to the1800s.
  它与十九世纪的木制的模型形成了鲜明的对比。
• China and India are connected by common mountains and rivers; our friendly exchanges date back to ancient times.
  中国和印度山水相连，友好交往源远流长。
• All these manuscripts date back to the period from the4th to the7th centuries A.
  所有这些手稿都可追溯到公元4世纪到7世纪这一期间。
• Hungarian regulations concerning industrial designs date back to 1907.
  匈牙利立法中有关工业设计的保护可以追溯到1907年。