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
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek historikos (see historic)
用法
On the use of an historical event or a historical eventsee usage at an