history
n
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(a) [U] study of past events, esp the political, social and economic development of a country, a continent or the world 歷史學
a student of Russian history 俄國史學者
ancient/medieval/modern history 古代[中古/近代]史.
(b) this as a subject at school or university 歷史(課程)
a degree in history and geography 歷史和地理學位
[attrib 作定語]
my history teacher 我們的歷史老師.
2 [U] past events, esp when considered as a whole 歷史(尤指將過去的事件作為整體看待時)
Throughout history men have waged war. 自有歷史以來就有戰(zhàn)爭.
a people with no sense of history 沒有歷史感的民族.
3 [C] systematic description of past events 歷史(對過去事件的系統(tǒng)敘述)
writing a new history of Europe 撰寫一部新的歐洲史
[attrib 作定語]
Shakespeare's history plays 莎士比亞的歷史劇.
4 [C usu sing 通常作單數(shù)]
series of past events or experiences connected with an object, a person or a place (某物的)來歷; (某人的)經(jīng)歷; (某地的)沿革
This house has a strange history. 這所房子有一段奇怪的來歷.
sb's medical history, ie record of his past illnesses 某人的病歷(其過去患病的紀錄)
There is a history of heart disease in my family. 我家有患心臟病的家族病史. *He has a history of violent crime. 他有暴力犯罪的記錄.5 [U]
(infml 口) fact, event, etc that is no longer relevant or important 不復相關或不再重要的事實、 事件等
They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now. 他們曾經(jīng)有過一段曖昧關系, 但現(xiàn)在那已成為遙遠的過去了.
6 (idm 習語) make/go down in `historybe or do sth so important or unusual that it will be recorded in history 成為或開創(chuàng)歷史的新篇章
a discovery that made medical history 載入醫(yī)學史冊的重大發(fā)現(xiàn).