date

noun

/deɪt/

Idioms

particular day/year

[countable] a particular day of the month, sometimes in a particular year, given in numbers and words日期；日子

‘What's the date today?’ ‘The 10th.’“今天几号？”“10 号。”
Write today's date at the top of the page.在页面顶端写上今天的日期。
They haven't set a date for the wedding yet.他们尚未确定举行婚礼的日期。
We need to fix a date for the next meeting.我们得为下次会议定个日期。
I can't come on that date.那个日子我来不了。
Please give your name, address and date of birth.请报姓名、地址和出生日期。
(especially North American English) name, address and birth date姓名、地址和出生日期
There's no word yet on a UK release date for the film. 这部电影在英国的上映日期还没有消息。
a start/launch/completion date开始/启动/完成日期
There's no date on this letter.这封信未注明日期。
Anyone who knows of the vehicle’s whereabouts from that date until 31 October is asked to contact Bangor police station.从该日起至 10 月 31 日期间，任何知道该车辆下落的人请联系班戈警察局。

see also best-before date, closing date, due date, expiry date, expiration date, pull date, rain date, sell-by date

Extra Examples

Give me a couple of dates that are good for you.给我几天对你方便的时间。
I can't give you specific dates.我不能告诉你具体的日期。
I have two meetings on that date.那天我要参加两个会议。
She suggested an earlier date for the meeting.她建议将会期提前。
The baby was born exactly on its due date.婴儿就在预产期那一天出生了。
The agreement runs from that date.合同从那天起生效。
The building was not finished by the completion date.这座建筑并没有在预定完工时间竣工。
The closing date for applications is May 22.申请截止日期是 5 月 22 日。
the date of the election选举日
We cannot accept applications received after this date.我们不接受这个日期之后收到的申请。
A trial date is expected to be announced next month.审判日期预计将于下个月公布。

Topics Timea1, Historya1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

earlier
earliest
later
…

verb + date

agree
agree on
arrange
…

date + noun

stamp
book

preposition

after a/the date
at a… date
before a/the date
…

phrases

the big date
at a future date
at some future date
…

a particular day or year when a particular event happened or will happen（某事件发生的）日期，年份

1066 is the most famous date in English history.1066 年是英国历史上最著名的年份。
the biggest date in the country music calendar乡村音乐界最重要的日子
I hated history at school—I could never remember all those dates.我讨厌学校里的历史——我永远记不起所有那些日期。
What were Beethoven's dates (= the years of his birth and death)?贝多芬的出生日期（=他的出生年份和去世年份）是哪一年？

Extra Examples

What was the date of the Battle of Hastings?黑斯廷斯战役的日期是哪一天？
The painting bears the date 1626.这幅画的日期为 1626 年。
Historians disagree on the cut-off date for the medieval period.历史学家们在中世纪的结束时间这个问题上有分歧。
It's difficult to put a date on when the idea started.很难确定这个主意是什么时候提出来的。
A large carved stone gives the dates of birth and death of her three sons.一块巨大的石碑上刻着她三个儿子的出生和死亡日期。

past time/future

[singular, uncountable] a time in the past or future that is not a particular day年代；时期；时候

The details can be added at a later date.细节可过些时候再补充进去。
The work will be carried out at a future date.这项工作将来再做。
This was an important trade route from an early date.这很久以前就是一条重要的贸易路线。
a building of late Roman date罗马时代后期的建筑

Extra Examples

The election is scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn.选举安排在秋季的某一个时间举行。
The building has certain features in common with cathedrals of a similar date.该建筑与同时代的大教堂有某些共同之处。
The foundations are Roman, but the rest of the building is of more recent date.建筑的地基是罗马时建的，其余部份的建筑年代要更近些。

Topics Timeb1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

earlier
earliest
later
…

verb + date

agree
agree on
arrange
…

date + noun

stamp
book

preposition

after a/the date
at a… date
before a/the date
…

phrases

the big date
at a future date
at some future date
…

arrangement to meet

[countable] an arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time会晤时间；约见时间

Call me next week and we'll try and make a date.下周打电话给我，我们争取定个见面时间。
Next Friday? Fine—it's a date!下星期五？好，就约在那天吧！

romantic meeting

[countable] a meeting that you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with somebody who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend约会；情侣约会

a date with somebody I've got a date with Lucy tomorrow night.明天晚上我与露西有个约会。
on a date We agreed to go out on a date.我们同意出去约会。
Do you think I should ask him out on a date?你认为我应该约他出去约会吗？
Paul's not coming. He's got a hot date (= an exciting one).保罗不来了。他有一个朝思夜盼的约会。

Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance

fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner

Weddings

get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary

Separation and divorce

be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with somebody)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)

fruit

enlarge image

[countable] a sweet sticky brown fruit that grows on a tree called a date palm, common in North Africa and West Asia（北非和西亚常见的海枣树的）海枣，椰枣Topics Foodc2

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare ‘give’; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’, to record a particular time or place. noun sense 6 Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek daktulos ‘finger’ (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves).

Idioms

to date

until now迄今为止；到目前为止；直到现在
- To date, we have received over 200 replies.到目前为止，我们已收到 200 多封回信。
- The exhibition contains some of his best work to date.这个展览有他迄今为止一些最好的作品。
Topics Timec1

date

verb

/deɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they date	/deɪt/ /deɪt/
he / she / it dates	/deɪts/ /deɪts/
past simple dated	/ˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeɪtɪd/
past participle dated	/ˈdeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeɪtɪd/
-ing form dating	/ˈdeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdeɪtɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

write date

[transitive, often passive] date something to write or print the date on something注明日期；写上日期

Thank you for your letter dated 24th March.你 3 月 24 日来函收悉，谢谢。
The forms should be dated and signed and sent back immediately.表格应注明日期、签名并立即寄回。

find age

[transitive, often passive] to say when something old existed or was made确定年代

date something It has not yet been possible to date the paintings accurately.一直无法准确鉴定这些画作的年代。
date something at something The skeleton has been dated at about 2000 BC.这骨架的年代为公元前 2000 年左右。
date something to something The manuscript has been dated to the sixteenth century.该手稿的年代可追溯到十六世纪。
date something between A and B There are five self-portraits by Kahlo, dated between 1937 and 1943. 卡罗有五幅自画像，创作日期为 1937 年至 1943 年。

of clothes/words

[intransitive] to become old-fashioned过时；不流行

She designs classic clothes which do not date.她设计的服装式样古朴，不会过时。

person

[transitive] date somebody if something dates you, it shows that you are fairly old or older than the people you are with使显老；使显得年龄大

I was at the Woodstock festival—that dates me, doesn't it?我参加了伍德斯托克摇滚音乐节，那说明我老了，是不是？

have relationship

[transitive, intransitive] date (somebody) to have a romantic relationship with somebody与（某人）谈恋爱

She's been dating Ron for several months.她与罗恩谈恋爱已有数月。
How long have you two been dating?你们俩谈恋爱多久了？

see also double-dateTopics Family and relationshipsb2

Word Originverb Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare ‘give’; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’, to record a particular time or place.