historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/B1
connectedwithstudyingorrepresentingthings from the past:
历史的;有关历史的Manyimportanthistoricaldocumentsweredestroyedwhen thelibrarywasbombed.图书馆遭轰炸时很多重要的历史文献都毁于一旦。
Shespecializesin historicalnovelsset in 18th-centuryEngland.她专门创作以18世纪英格兰为背景的历史小说。
used todescribeprices,values, etc. in the past:
历史上的(价格、价值等)Thetablecompareshistoricalexchangeratesfor five differentcurrencies.这张表比较五种货币在历史上的兑换率。
used todescribecrimesthat werecommittedin the past:
A man wasarrestedaspartof aninvestigationintoallegationsof historicalchildabusedatingback to the 1980s.
- It is arathergrey,colourlesscity, with fewinterestingsightsor historicalmonuments.
- Bitter historicalenmitiesunderliethepresentviolence.
- Thebookis aworkoffictionand notintendedas a historicalaccount.
- She's anavidreaderof historicalnovels.
- Thephotosare ofimmensehistoricalvalue.
History - general words
- a page in/of historyidiom
- Age of Exploration
- age of sail
- alternative history
- annal
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- antique
- digital age
- heritage
- histographer
- historic
- historically
- historiographer
- history
- legacy
- modern
- non-historical
- revisionist
- the Agrarian Revolution
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