history

history
(pl. -ies)
  1. [mass noun]the study of past events, particularly in human affairs
    历史（尤指对与人类有关的过去事件的研究）
    medieval European history.
    中世纪欧洲史。
    ■the past considered as a whole
    过去，历史
    letters that have changed the course of history.
    改变历史进程的文学。
  2. the whole series of past events connected with someone or something
    （人，物的）历史
    the history of the Empire.
    该帝国的历史。
    ■an eventful past
    （重要的）历史
    the group has quite a history.
    该集团公司颇有一段历史。
    ■a past characterized by a particular thing
    （有特殊事情的）过去
    his family had a history of insanity.
    他的家族有精神病史。
  3. a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution
    历史（对重要或公众事件、特殊趋势或制度按时间顺序的连续记录）
    a history of the labour movement.
    工人运动史。
    ■a historical play
    历史剧
    Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
    莎士比亚的喜剧、历史剧和悲剧。
常用词组
be history
  1. be perceived as no longer relevant to the present
    成为历史（或过去）
    the mainframe will soon be history.
    这种主机很快就会成为历史。
    I was making a laughing stock of myself, but that's history now.
    我以前总使自己成为笑柄，不过现在这已成为历史了。
    ■(informal)used to indicate imminent departure, dismissal, or death
    (非正式)成为历史（用于指逼近的分离，解雇，死亡）
    an inch either way and you'd be history.
    再动一动，就要你的命。
go down in history
  1. be remembered or recorded in history
    载入史册
make history
  1. do something that is remembered in or influences the course of history
    创造历史，做名垂青史的事
the rest is history
  1. used to indicate that the events succeeding those already related are so well known that they need not be recounted again
    余下的不饶费舌，其他的都众所周知了
    they teamed up, discovered that they could make music, and the rest is history.
    他们协力合作，发现他们可以制作音乐，余下的就不饶费舌了。
语源
  1. late Middle English (also as a verb): via Latin from Greek historia 'finding out, narrative, history', from histōr 'learned, wise man', from an Indo-European root shared by wit
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