historical

historical
adjective
  1. of or concerning history; concerning past events
    历史的,有关历史的;有关过去事件的
    historical evidence.
    历史证据。
    ■belonging to the past, not the present
    属于过去的
    famous historical figures.
    著名的历史人物。
    ■(especially of a novel or film) set in the past
    (尤指小说或电影)历史题材的
    ■(of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period
    (学科研究)历时的
    for the Darwinians, biogeography became a historical science.
    对于进化论者来说,生物地理是一门历时的科学。
语源
  1. late Middle English: via Latin from Greek historikos (see historic)
用法
  1. On the use of an historical event or a historical eventsee usage at an
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