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

• 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。
• Although the origins of taekwondo date back thousands of years, the triathlon dates back to 1978.
  跆拳道的起源可追溯到几千年以前，而铁人三项在1978年才诞生。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is just the latest frenzy to hit China and its origins date back to 2008.
  这只是中国股市出现的最新狂热迹象，最初的狂热可以追溯至2008年。
• 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。