History

['hɪst(ə)rɪ] or ['hɪstri]

解释:

(noun.) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; 'he teaches Medieval history'; 'history takes the long view'.

(noun.) all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; 'the dawn of recorded history'; 'from the beginning of history'.

(noun.) a record or narrative description of past events; 'a history of France'; 'he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president'; 'the story of exposure to lead'.

(noun.) the aggregate of past events; 'a critical time in the school's history'.

(noun.) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; 'all of human history'.

本校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.

(n.) A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.

(v. t.) To narrate or record.

校对:苏西

同义词及近义词：

n. Account, narration, narrative, relation, record, recital, story, CHRONICLE, ANNALS.

编辑:曼纽尔

解释:

n. an account of an event: a systematic account of the origin and progress of a nation: the knowledge of facts events &c.: an eventful life a past of more than common interest as a 'woman with a history:' a drama representing historical events.—v.t. (rare) to record.—n. His′tōrian a writer of history.—adjs. Histō′riāted adorned with figures esp. of men or animals as the medieval illuminated manuscripts capital letters initials &c.; Histor′ic -al pertaining to history: containing history: derived from history: famous in history: authentic.—adv. Histor′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Histor′icise to make or represent as historic.—ns. Historic′ity historical character; Historiette′ a short history or story.—v.t. Histor′ify to record in history.—n. Historiog′rapher a writer of history: a professed or official historian.—adjs. Historiograph′ic -al pertaining to the writing of history.—adv. Historiograph′ically.—ns. Historiog′raphy the art or employment of writing history; Historiol′ogy the knowledge or study of history.—Historical method the study of a subject in its historical development; Historical painting the painting of historic scenes or scenes in which historic figures are introduced; Historical present the present tense used for the past to add life and reality to the narrative as in 'cometh' in Mark v. 22.—Ancient history the history of the world down to the fall of Rome 476 A.D.; Medieval history the history of the period between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the 16th century; Modern history history since the beginning of the 16th century; Natural history originally an expression including all the concrete sciences now the science of living things: (in frequent use) zoology esp. in so far as that is concerned with the life and habits of animals; Profane Secular history the history of secular affairs as opposed to Sacred history which deals with the events in the Bible narrative.

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