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

• This tradition dates back over 200 years.
  这一传统可追溯到200多年以前。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The mastery and skills of cooking in China date back thousands of years.
  中国在烹饪方面的优势和技艺可以追溯到几千年前。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It can date back to her childhood when she learn to play the violin.
  它可以追溯到她的童年时，她学拉小提琴。