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history

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Related topics: History, Education, Newspapers, printing, publishing
his·to·ry /ˈhɪstəri/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (plural histories)  
1  past events 过去的事件 [uncountableU]SH all the things that happened in the past, especially the political, social, or economic development of a nation 历史
 Throughout history the achievements of women have been largely ignored.
从古至今，妇女的成就都被大大地忽视了。
history of
 the post-war history of Europe
欧洲的战后历史
 No man in recent history has done more to rebuild the Democratic Party.
他对重建民主党的贡献在近代史上无人能及。
 the early history of Scotland
苏格兰的早期历史
 Other meteor storms have occurred in recorded history.
在有记载的历史上发生过其他的流星暴。
 a museum devoted to local history
专门介绍当地历史的博物馆
 one of the darkest episodes in American history
美国历史上最黑暗的事件之一
 an interesting period in Egyptian history
埃及历史上一段有趣的时期
 a decision that changed the course of history
改变历史进程的决定
 a college steeped in history
一所历史悠久的学院
 History shows that the usual response to violent protest is repression.
历史表明，一般对待暴力抗议的回应就是镇压。
2  development of STH 某事物的发展过程 [singular, uncountableU]SH the events that took place from the beginning and during the development of a particular place, activity, institution etc 发展史，沿革，发展过程
history of
 the worst disaster in the history of space travel
航天史上最严重的灾难
long/brief/75-year etc history
 The 1970s were the most successful in the theater’s long history.
20世纪70年代是该剧院悠久历史中最成功的时期。
3  subject 学科 [uncountableU]SHSE the study of past events as a subject in school or university 历史学
European/art/economic etc history
 a degree in European history
欧洲史学位
ancient/modern history 古代史/现代史
 a history lesson
一堂历史课
4  account 记述 [countableC]TCNSH an account of past events 史书，历史记载
history of
 a history of World War II
第二次世界大战史
 a potted history (=very short) of Gielgud’s life (British EnglishBrE)
吉尔古德小传
5  past life 过去的生活 [countableC, uncountableU]PAST a record of something that has affected someone or been done by them in the past 个人经历，履历
medical/employment/career etc history
 Your doctor will ask for your medical history.
医生会询问你的病历。
history of
 Is there any history of heart disease in your family?
你有家族心脏病史吗？
 The defendant had a history of violent assaults on women.
被告曾有暴力袭击妇女的数次前科。
6  make history IMPORTANTto do something important that will be recorded and remembered 创造历史，做出名垂青史的重要事情
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make history• He then walked off, having made television history-and, one might say, having made history good television.• It made history, becoming the highest-rated television program ever.• The 1995 Legislature made history by getting half way there.• Lindbergh made history when he flew across the Atlantic in 1927.• You can not make histories, you can not write books without order.• While Powell provided the drama, Lewis simply made history on the fifth day of the Olympic Trials.• Christie in with the in-crowd Zola ... about to make history or just history?• Maybe they knew this was their big moment, their chance to make history.
7  something will go down in history IMPORTANTused to say that something is important enough to be remembered and recorded 某事将被载入史册
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something will go down in history• 1989 will go down in history as the year in which Stalinist Communism ended.• This Minister will go down in history as the Minister who killed off small shops in Britain.
8. history repeats itself HAPPENused to say that things often happen in the same way as they did before 历史重演
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history repeats itself• As the scholar says, history repeats itself.
9  the history books the record of past events 史书，史籍
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the history books• Where does the dividing line come between yesterday's news and the history books?• Democrats want a convention for the history books.• Every New Hampshire presidential primary is one for the history books.• The blighters have even been immortalised in the history books.• The battle is important in the history books as one of the final skirmishes in that war, as Gen.• Alas, like so many things which get into the history books, it wasn't quite like that.• And straight into the history books at Royal Belfast Academical Institution.• Moms have always worked, but it was a big secret left out of the history books.
10. ... and the rest is history informalKNOW something used to say that everyone knows the rest of a story you have been telling 接下来的事就谁都知道了
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... and the rest is history• Then, when he was 17, he picked up a basketball, and the rest is history.• She noticed that he had a cute bum - and the rest is history.• Manufacturers responded by building cheaper modem hardware, and the rest is history.• Dependence was imposed and the rest is history and green beans, cotton tee-shirts, patronage, and serfdom.• But then he started scribbling away at A Year in Provence and the rest is history.• He was initially hired by the Oxford Mail, then began to concentrate on sport, and the rest is history.
11. that’s (past/ancient) history spoken informalUNIMPORTANT used to say that something is not important anymore 那已是往事了〔表示某事已不再重要〕
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that’s (past/ancient) history• But that's history now the children are back in the classroom.
→ natural history, case history
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
adjectives
recent/modern/contemporary history
The country’s recent history is powerfully told in this film.
early/ancient history
He had studied ancient Roman history.
recorded history (=history since people have written things down)
These were the worst floods in recorded history.
local history (=the history of events in a particular local area)
The building is now a museum of local history.
American/Chinese/British etc history
It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in American history.
human history (=the history of people rather than the world itself)
World War I was the most destructive war in human history up to that time.
political/social etc history
the political history of Germany
oral history (=history that is told by speaking and that often consists of personal memories)
Smith recorded the conversation for oral history.
rich history (=an interesting and important history)
Greece has a very rich history.
long history
The 1970s were the most successful in the theatre's long history.
verbs
history shows/tells (that)
History shows that the usual response to violent protests is repression.
go down in history (=be remembered for many years)
She will go down in history as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
make history (=do something important that will be recorded and remembered)
Ordinary Berliners made history when they tore down the wall.
rewrite history (=change what we believe are the facts about the past)
They're trying to rewrite history to exaggerate their role in the war.
trace the history of something (=find out what the history of something is)
James traces the history of modern cricket back to its beginnings in the late 1700s.
shape history (=influence events that are recorded)
He is one of the politicians who shaped 20th century history.
phrases
a period of/in history
a glorious period in English history
the first time in history (=the first time something has ever happened)
For the first time in history, an American president resigned his office.
change the course of history (=do something that has many important effects)
Roosevelt and Churchill helped to change the course of history.
be steeped in history (=be closely connected with important events in history)
Cambridge is steeped in history and tradition.
consign something to the dustbin of history (=to forget about something that existed in the past – used especially when saying that you will feel glad when people have got rid of something)
One day nuclear weapons will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
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history• a history of World War II• For decompression sickness, your dive history is available in graphic detail for hyperbaric specialists to consult.• In this most settled and prosperous nation in history the political situation is almost permanently unstable.• The Moon experienced only a brief period of intense internal activity early in its history.• India has been invaded several times in its history.• I got an 84 on my history test.• What the lie was, I had too little knowledge of history or science to know then.• Our history is too full of pain and outrage to want any of it back.• a book about the history of the United Nations• the history of jazz music• The history of life, he argued, could have followed all sorts of paths.
Throughout history• Throughout history , most societies have been governed by men.• The wedding band appears throughout history in various forms.• Death and religion have provided the raw material for great art throughout history.• Such selection has been continued throughout history, and is continuing today in plant and animal breeding programmes.• Prohibition does not work in preventing alcoholism and never has done throughout history.• Wolfe also contends that Sulloway was culturally biased by assuming all families throughout history have had the same structure.• I said that throughout history a number of great leaders had kept matters of state secret even from their wives.• Scapegoats have been used throughout history to attempt to solve societal problems.• Furthermore, what the men express echoes the sentiments of soldiers in wars throughout history.
long/brief/75-year etc history• He has a long history in medical broadcasting.• Feminist critique of the practical terms of marriage has a long history.• There is a long history of stations in Earth orbit that have met with varying degrees of success.• Winnetka is blessed with a long history of progressive education.• Write a brief history of your life as a reader up to the age of 11.• Like cream on top of oatmeal, these layers have resisted homogenization throughout their long history.• With their long history of shipbuilding Brooke Marine certainly knew how to organise these occasions.• Their long history explains the traditional image people often have of solicitors.
European/art/economic etc history• There are, of course, many links and parallels between economic history and the development of the government and social institutions.• One characteristic of contemporary art history has been its extensive use of non-art-historical texts.• He qualified as an electronics engineer before going to teachers' training college after which he obtained a degree in art history.• Clark, for example, who led the turn to a more political art history in the 1970s.• The titles of these essays indicate that the terms in which historians were writing about abstract expressionism had refocused art history.• Despite these important differences, the original dockland areas shared similar economic histories.• To understand the sources of the new ways of life, we must turn to economic history.• Hence, interest was slight and sporadic, and the works were not assimilated into mainstream western art history.
potted history• Keeping a job file Your employer will have a personnel file containing a potted history of your career with the company.• Woven into these personal accounts are potted histories of disturbing events, ancient and modern.• Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.
medical/employment/career etc history• Recite my entire career history complete with qualifications, pay scale, dates of promotions and dossier of official merit-ratings and reprimands?• Application of these methods to a large database consisting of career histories of employees working in the public sector.• Between us we had even hired a video so that we could record this minor miracle of medical history for posterity.• Third, the severity of comorbidity was categorised broadly and was based only on past medical history.• The past medical history was otherwise unremarkable.• Staff at Parsons Green were also criticised for failing to take medical histories.• It provides an important reference to medical history in case of emergency.• You should not expect to receive a detailed resume of your employment history with the company.
Origin history
(1400-1500) Latin historia, from Greek, from histor “knowing, learned”
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IELTS BNC: 496 COCA: 350
history

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 1the past, esp. as a subject of study歷史（學）ADJECTIVE | ... OF HISTORY | VERB + HISTORY | HISTORY + VERB | HISTORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤contemporary, early, recent當代史；早期歷史；近代歷史◇the early history of the trade union movement早期的工會運動史◇things that happened in recent history近代歷史事件➤ancient, medieval, modern古代史；中世紀歷史；現代史➤human人類史▸➤local地方誌▸➤family家史➤American, British, world, etc.美國史、英國史、世界史等▸➤official官方的歷史記載◇the official history of the university大學的官方歷史➤revisionist修正主義的歷史▸➤recorded有文字記載的歷史◇The debate about the origins of the universe has been going on throughout recorded history.關於宇宙起源的爭論貫穿於整個有文字記載的歷史。➤oral口述歷史◇Oral history provides an account of those aspects of people's experience that are not recorded in documents.口述歷史記述了人類經歷中未被記載的那些方面。➤intellectual思想史▸➤art, church, cultural, economic, literary, military, political, social, etc.藝術史、教會史、文化史、經濟史、文學史、軍事史、政治史、社會史等➤environmental, evolutionary, geologic, geological環境史；進化史；地質史➤past過去的歷史◇They had an affair once, but that's past history now (= no longer important or relevant).他們曾有過一段風流韻事，但那是過去的事了。... OF HISTORY➤piece一項歷史紀錄◇She created a piece of history by winning her fourth title.她第四次贏得冠軍，創造了一項歷史紀錄。VERB + HISTORY➤be steeped in飽含歷史◇a building that is steeped in history一棟飽經歷史滄桑的建築物➤go down in, make, pass into名垂青史；載入史冊◇He will go down in history as a wise adviser and a kind man.他將作為一名智者和仁人被載入史冊。◇He made history by being the first man to walk on the moon.他作為第一個在月球上行走的人被載入史冊。➤fade into淡出成為歷史◇The war has now faded into history.這場戰爭現在已經淡出成為歷史。➤trace追溯⋯的歷史◇The regiment traces its history back to 1803.這個團的歷史可以追溯到 1803 年。➤chronicle, document, write記錄／記載／書寫歷史➤recount, relate, tell陳述／敍述／講述歷史▸➤distort, rewrite歪曲／重寫歷史◇her attempt to rewrite history with herself in the role of heroine她以自己為主角重寫歷史的打算➤reconstruct重塑歷史HISTORY + VERB➤go back to sth歷史回溯到⋯◇The town's history goes back to colonial times.這座小鎮的歷史可以上溯到殖民地時代。➤go back...歷史回溯⋯◇The history of this organization goes back many years.該組織的歷史可追溯到很多年以前。➤reveal sth, show sth, suggest sth, teach sth, tell sth歷史表明⋯；歷史告訴⋯◇History shows that high approval ratings are no guarantee of re-election.歷史記錄表明，高支持率並不能保證再次當選。◇History teaches us that New Zealand teams are almost unbeatable on their own turf.以往的記錄告訴我們，新西蘭隊在主場比賽中幾乎是不可戰勝的。➤repeat itself歷史重演◇Years later, family history repeated itself with Eve's daughters.多年以後，家族歷史又在伊夫的女兒們身上重演。HISTORY + NOUN➤book (figurative) 史冊◇She has earned her place in the history books.她已經名留青史。PREPOSITION➤during sth's history在⋯的歷史上◇The country has suffered several invasions during its history.歷史上，這個國家屢遭侵略。➤in (sth's) history在（⋯）歷史上◇the most extraordinary meeting in history歷史上最不同尋常的會議◇the best player in the sport's history體育史上最優秀的運動員➤history of⋯的歷史◇the history of the world世界史◇She studies history of art.她學習藝術史。➤throughout history貫穿整個歷史◇There have been conflicts such as this throughout history.像這樣的衝突事件貫穿了整個歷史。PHRASES➤change the course of history改變歷史進程◇events that could change the course of history可能改變歷史進程的事件➤a period of history一段歷史時期◇This is a fascinating period of history.這是一段饒有趣味的歷史。➤the lessons of history (figurative) 歷史的教訓➤the rest is history (= the rest of the story does not need to be told because it is well known) 其餘的事就盡人皆知了➤a sense of history歷史感◇a people with no sense of history一個沒有歷史感的民族➤a slice of history歷史片段◇The team grabbed a slice of history here today (= achieved sth that will be remembered).這支隊伍今天在此地的表現將載入史冊。  ➡ note at subject (for more verbs and nouns)
history

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 2facts about sb/sth's life/existence in the past經歷ADJECTIVE | VERB + HISTORY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤chequered/checkered, colourful/colorful, fascinating, interesting, rich, turbulent曲折的／多彩的／引人入勝的／有趣的／豐富的／動盪的歷史◇The city has a rich and fascinating history.這座城市的歷史豐富迷人。➤long漫長的歷史◇She has a long history of mental illness.她的精神病史很長。➤previous, subsequent先前的／後來的經歷➤shared共同的經歷▸➤case病歷◇She familiarized herself with the case history of her new patient.她熟悉了一下新病人的病歷。➤credit, employment, family, life, medical, personal, sexual信用記錄；工作履歷；家族史；生活閱歷；病史；個人履歷；性愛史◇The doctor will need some details of your medical history.醫生將要詳細瞭解你的病史。◇I know nothing about his personal history.我對他的來歷一無所知。VERB + HISTORY➤have有⋯的歷史◇They have a history of trying to interfere.他們曾試圖干涉。PREPOSITION➤history of⋯的歷史◇a history of heart disease in the family家族心臟病史
IELTS BNC: 496 COCA: 350
history noun
⇨ background (sb's medical history) ⇨ past (the course of history) ⇨ story 2 (write a new history of Europe)
IELTS BNC: 496 COCA: 350
history
Periods of history: age, era, history...
General words for situations and circumstances: situation, circumstance, conditions...
Progress and development: progress, development, advance...
Specific areas of study: acoustics, aesthetics, agriculture...
Descriptions and stories: description, story, picture...
Existence and the length of time that something exists: existence, lifetime, life...
General periods of time: a clear run, a page in something's history, block...

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