date /deɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( dating, dated, dates )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A date is a specific time that can be named, for example, a particular day or a particular year. 日期

  例：

  What's the date today?

  今天是几号？

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship. 约会

  例：

  I have a date with Bob.

  我和鲍勃有个约会。

• 3. 

  V-RECIP If you are dating someone, 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 people are dating. (恋爱中) 约会

  例：

  For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant.

  有一年的时间，我一直和一个女助理研究员约会。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT 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 your date. (恋爱中的) 约会对象

  例：

  He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.

  他对埃西撒谎说他约会的对象是参加演出的女孩儿其中的一个。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries. 椰枣

• 6. 

  V-T If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began. 推断…的年代

  例：

  I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.

  我认为我们可以非常准确的推断出西方文明衰落的年代。

• 7. 

  V-T When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it. 给…标注日期

  例：

  Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet.

  一旦做出决定，他就可以在那张表上签上日期和名字。

• 8. 

  V to have originated (at a specified time) 始于(某一特定时间)

  例：

  his decline dates from last summer

• 9. 

  V-I If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes. 过时

  例：

  Blue and white is the classic colour combination for bathrooms. It always looks smart and will never date.

  蓝色和白色是浴室的经典色彩搭配，看起来总是很时髦，永远不会过时。

• 10. 

  → see also dated, out of date

• 11. 

  PHRASE To date means up until the present time. 至今为止

  例：

  "Dottie" is by far his best novel to date.

  《小多特》是他至今最为出色的小说。