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

• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese acrobatic has a long his-tory which can date back to more than two thousand years ago.
  没错。中国的杂技源远流长，可追溯到两千多年前。
• The classic superheroes like Spiderman or Superman date back to many decades ago.
  象蜘蛛侠或超人这类传统超级英雄可以回溯到好几十年前。
• My family has a vase, which is said to date back to Ming Dynasty.
  我家有个花瓶，据说是从明代传下来的。
• Archaeologists had found buildings, bathrooms, ruins of a Roman fortress, ancient coins, bronze vases and pieces of pottery that all date back to the Roman era, the statement said.
  声明中说，目前考古学家们已经在这里发现了建筑物、浴室、一座罗马堡垒的废墟、古代硬币、青铜花瓶和一些陶器碎片，所有这些都能追溯至罗马时代。
• His pictures date back to 2006 and it is not clear why the cash point photo emerged last week.
  而且他拍摄的这张狐狸在取款机前排队的照片要追溯到2006年，但不知道为什么上周开始火了起来。
• But if Kissinger is right, they may yet have a chance to move the date back a bit.
  但如果基辛格是对的，散发海报的人就还有机会把这个日期拨后一点。
• But our accounts date back to the beginning of banking itself.
  但是我们开户的日期可以追溯到早在银行成立之时。
• And I think that economic ties and commercial ties that are taking place in this region are helping to lower a lot of the tensions that date back before you were born or even before I was born.
  而且我认为，这个地区正在建立的经济和商贸联系有助于缓解很多在你们出生前，甚至在我出生前就已形成的紧张关系。