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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Originally a sanctuary for battle-weary warriors, the impressive remains of the Royal Palace date back to the12th century.
  这里最初是那些厌倦了战争的战士们的避难所，这些让人印象深刻的皇宫旧址要追溯到12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。
• 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。