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hist.o.ry PAST EVENTSHhIs7t[r7i, $-tL-n(the study of or a record or story of ) past events considered together, esp. events or developments of a particular period, country or subject历史，过去发生的事I studied modern European history at college. [U]我在大学学习欧洲近代历史。Annie's decided to write a history (=a book about the development) of electronic music. [C]安妮决定写一部电子音乐发展史。I only asked him for a light, but two hours later he'd told me his whole life history. [C]我只是向他要个火，可两小时后他把他整个生活历程都告诉了我。(fig.) Tina and Charles went out together for five years, but they're (ancient/past) history now (=their relationship is completely finished now). [U]蒂娜和查尔斯相恋过五年，可现在这已成为(过去的)历史。(fig.) This ten-year-old report is ancient history (=not important any longer) and totally irrelevant to the current situation. [U]这份十年前的报告已是古代历史，完全不适用于现在的形势。If you make history, you do something important which has not been done before and which will be recorded publicly and remembered for a long time.创造历史，作出了史无前例的大事Margaret Thatcher made history when she became the first British woman Prime Minister. [U]当玛格丽特·撒切尔成为英国首位女首相时，她创造了历史。Legal history has been made with a ruling that a husband does not have the right to have sex with his wife against her will. [U]判决丈夫无权违背妻子的意愿与之发生性关系是开创了新的法律史。"History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." (Philip Guedalla Supers and Supermen, 1920)“历史往往重复自己，历史学家往往重复彼此。” (菲利普·盖达拉的“跑龙套者与超人”)
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