dates

英 [deɪts]

美 [deɪts]

n.  日期; 日子; 年代; 时期; 时候; 会晤时间; 约见时间
v.  注明日期; 写上日期; 确定年代; 过时; 不流行
date的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 日期;日子
  Adateis a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
  1. What's the date today?...
     今天是几号？
  2. You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require.
     需要提供想要入住的起止日期以及所需的房间数目。
• VERB 确定…的日期(或年代)
  If youdatesomething, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.
  1. You cannot date the carving and it is difficult to date the stone itself...
     无法确定这一雕刻的年代，连石头本身的年代都难以判断。
  2. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely...
     我认为我们可以相当准确地确定西方文明开始衰落的年代。
  3. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
     考古学家判定这个堡垒建于罗马皇帝安东尼·庇护统治时期。
• VERB 在（信件、支票等）上注明日期
  When youdatesomething such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.
  1. Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet...
     一旦决议达成，他就可以在这张纸上签署日期和姓名了。
  2. The letter is dated 2 July 1993.
     信件上的日期是 1993 年 7 月 2 日。
• N-SING 在（某个）日期;在（某个）时间
  If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happenedatsomedatein the future or past.
  1. Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date...
     要保留好所有信件的副本，日后可能会用到。
  2. He did leave open the possibility of direct American aid at some unspecified date in the future...
     他确实没有排除将来某一天美国可能会提供直接援助的可能。
  3. At some date in the 1990s British oil production will probably tail off.
     到20世纪90年代的某个时候，英国石油产量可能会逐渐减少。
• PHRASE 迄今;到目前为止
  To datemeans up until the present time.
  1. 'Dottie' is by far his best novel to date...
     《多蒂》是他迄今为止最好的小说。
  2. She is without question the craziest person I've met to date...
     她无疑是我到目前为止所遇到的最疯狂之人。
  3. To date we have spent eight thousand pounds between us.
     迄今我们总共已经花掉了8,000英镑。
• VERB 过时;落伍
  If somethingdates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.
  1. A black coat always looks smart and will never date...
     黑色外套看起来总是很潇洒，而且永远也不会落伍。
  2. This album has hardly dated at all.
     这张专辑几乎一点都不过时。
• VERB 使显老;使显出年龄大
  If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can rememberdateyou, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with.
  1. It's going to date me now. I attended that school from 1969 to 1972.
     现在说起来我就显老了。我 1969至 1972 年就读于那所学校。
• N-COUNT (尤指男女间的）约会
  Adateis an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.
  1. I have a date with Bob...
     我和鲍勃有个约会。
  2. He had made a date with a girl he had met the day before...
     他和前一天遇到的那个女孩定下了约会。
  3. I think we should make a date to go and see Gwendolen soon.
     我想我们应该尽快约个时间去看看格温德琳。
• N-COUNT 约会对象
  If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as yourdate.
  1. He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.
     他对埃茜撒谎说跟他约会的是参加演出的一个女孩。
• V-RECIP （与…）约会
  If youare datingsomeone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two peopleare dating.
  1. For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant...
     我曾与一位女研究助理约会了一年的时间。
  2. They've been dating for three months...
     他们已约会3个月了。
  3. In high school, he did not date very much.
     中学的时候，他不常约会。
• 海枣（果）
  Adateis a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.
• See also:blind datecarbon datingdatedout of dateup to date

双语例句

• The choir dates from the14th century.
  教堂唱诗班的席位建于14世纪。
• Decisions could be made on the basis of price, delivery dates, after-sales service or any other variable
  购买决定可能会基于价格、送货日期、售后服务以及其他可变因素。
• The present controversy dates from 1986.
  现在的这一争议始于1986年。
• These two dimensions contain identical years, months and dates.
  这两个维度包含了相同的年份、月份和日期。
• Quantifiers and dates are likely to have a valid range.
  量词和日期很可能有一个有效范围。
• The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.
  这枚胸针的历史可以追溯到公元前4世纪。
• The band was forced to cancel a string of live dates.
  乐队被迫取消了一系列的现场表演。
• Finally, notice that the calendar and the calendar pattern can start on different dates.
  最后，注意calendar和calendarpattern可以始于不同的日期。
• There was a calendar on the wall above, with large squares around the dates.
  上面的墙上挂着日历，日期上画着大大的方框。
• These dates have shrivelled up.
  这些枣儿都抽抽儿了。