history

noun

1. 历史（指过去发生的所有事情）
   all the events that happened in the past
   1. a turning point in human history
      人类历史的一个转折点
   2. one of the worst disasters in recent history
      近代史上最大的灾难之一
   3. a people with no sense of history
      一个没有历史感的民族
   4. Many people throughout history have dreamt of a world without war.
      历史上有很多人梦想过没有战争的世界。
   5. The area was inhabited long before the dawn of recorded history (= before people wrote about events) .
      早在有历史记载之前很久这个地区就有人居住了。
   6. These events changed the course of history .
      这些事件改变了历史的进程。
2. （有关某个地方、主题等的）发展史，历史
   the past events concerned in the development of a particular place, subject, etc.
   1. the history of Ireland/democracy/popular music
      爱尔兰 / 民主 / 流行音乐的历史
   2. The local history of the area is fascinating.
      这个地区的历史很有意思。
   3. The school traces its history back to 1865.
      这个学校的历史可以追溯到1865年。
3. 历史课；历史学
   the study of past events as a subject at school or university
   1. a history teacher
      历史老师
   2. a degree in History
      历史学学位
   3. social/economic/political history
      社会 / 经济 / 政治史
   4. ancient/medieval/modern history
      古代 / 中世纪 / 近代史
   5. She's studying art history .
      她正在研读艺术史。
4. 历史（指历史记载或历史传说）
   a written or spoken account of past events
   1. She's writing a new history of Europe.
      她正在写一部新的欧洲史。
   2. She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters.
      接下来她列举了一长串灾难。
5. （某人的）履历，经历；家族史；（某地的）沿革
   a record of sth happening frequently in the past life of a person, family or place; the set of facts that are known about sb's past life
   1. He has a history of violent crime.
      他有暴力犯罪的前科。
   2. There is a history of heart disease in my family.
      我家有家族心脏病史。
   3. a patient's medical history
      病人的病历

1. N-UNCOUNT 历史
   You can refer to the events of the past as history. You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its history.
   1. The Catholic Church has played a prominent role throughout Polish history.
      天主教会在整个波兰历史上曾发挥过举足轻重的作用。
   2. ...the most evil mass killer in history.
      历史上最令人发指的屠杀狂徒
   3. ...the history of Birmingham.
      伯明翰的历史
   4. ...religious history.
      宗教史
2. 历史学;史学
   History is a subject studied in schools, colleges, and universities that deals with events that have happened in the past.
3. N-COUNT 过去事件的记载;发展史
   A history is an account of events that have happened in the past.
   1. ...his magnificent history of broadcasting in Canada.
      他在加拿大辉煌的播音史
   2. ...oral histories taken from elderly people in Rochester.
      罗切斯特老一辈人的口述史
4. N-COUNT 记录;习惯;（某地的）沿革
   If a person or a place has a history of something, it has been very common or has happened frequently in their past.
   1. He had a history of drink problems...
      他过去酗酒度日。
   2. The boy's mother had a history of abusing her children.
      男孩的母亲过去常虐待自己的孩子。
5. N-COUNT 履历;经历
   Someone's history is the set of facts that are known about their past.
   1. He couldn't get a new job because of his medical history.
      由于他的病史，他无法找到新的工作。
   2. ...an exhibition documenting the personal history of Anne Frank.
      安妮·弗兰克生平资料展
6. N-UNCOUNT 历史的陈迹;（无关紧要的）往事
   If you say that an event, thing, or person is history, you mean that they are no longer important.
   1. The Charlottetown agreement is history.
      夏洛特敦协定已成为历史。
7. PHRASE 接下来的事就世人皆知了
   If you are telling someone about an event and say the rest is history, you mean that you do not need to tell them what happened next because everyone knows about it already.
   1. We met at college, the rest is history.
      我们是在上大学时认识的，接下来的事大家都知道了。
8. See also: natural history

1. This campaign is one of the most successful in the history of advertising.
   这一宣传推广是广告史上最为成功的活动之一。
2. We have a different background, a different history. Accordingly, we have the right to different futures
   我们有不同的背景和不同的历史。因此，我们有权拥有不同的未来。
3. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
   这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。
4. The all-female yacht crew made history by becoming the first to sail round the world
   这艘游艇的船员为清一色的女性，她们进行了首次环球航行，创造了历史。
5. This had been a particularly difficult chapter in Lebanon's recent history.
   这在黎巴嫩的近代史上是个特别困难的时期。
6. What complicates the issue is the burden of history
   历史的重负使问题复杂化了。
7. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
   基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
8. Its history is expressive of the character and development of the people who possess it.
   它的历史体现了其拥有者的性格特征和发展过程。
9. The Catholic Church has played a prominent role throughout Polish history.
   天主教会在整个波兰历史上曾发挥过举足轻重的作用。
10. He had a history of drink problems
    他过去酗酒度日。
11. He couldn't get a new job because of his medical history.
    由于他的病史，他无法找到新的工作。
12. The Charlottetown agreement is history.
    夏洛特敦协定已成为历史。
13. We met at college, the rest is history.
    我们是在上大学时认识的，接下来的事大家都知道了。
14. History is an interpretive process.
    历史是一个阐释的过程。
15. The past three years have been among the most momentous in world history.
    过去的3年是世界历史上最重要的时期之一。
16. He began studying politics and medieval history.
    他开始学习政治学和中世纪史。
17. They are a priceless record of a brief period in British history
    它们是对英国历史上一个短暂时期的极为珍贵的记录。
18. History will prove him to have been right all along.
    历史将证明他一直是对的。
19. Revisionist history must be challenged by historical research.
    必须通过历史研究对修正主义历史学进行质疑论证。
20. My father was a historian of repute. His speciality was the history of Germany
    我的父亲是一名颇有名气的历史学家，他专门研究德国历史。
21. His novels are a rich synthesis of Balkan history and mythology
    他的小说融合了大量巴尔干半岛的历史和神话故事。
22. The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present
    展览追溯了美国从19世纪至今的平面设计历史。
23. Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.
    历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
24. This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.
    这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。
25. New arts have been born in the course of the history of men.
    在人类历史发展过程中不断产生新的艺术。
26. History affords us lessons that merit attention.
    历史给我们提供了值得注意的借鉴。
27. That is all history now.
    那都是往事了。
28. It marks the beginning of a new era in human history.
    这标志着人类历史新纪元的开始。
29. Production in this factory topped the highest record in history.
    该厂生产超过了历史上最高记录。

n.

be history

• 完蛋；已过去了；不再重要；成为历史
  to be dead or no longer important
  1. Another mistake like that and you're history.
     要是再犯那种错误你就完了。
  2. We won't talk about that─that's history.
     我们不会谈论那件事的——那都已经过去了。
  3. That's past history now.
     那是以前的事了。

the history books

• 历史上重大成就的记载
  the record of great achievements in history
  1. She has earned her place in the history books.
     她名垂青史。

history repeats itself

• 历史时常重演
  used to say that things often happen later in the same way as before

make history

go down in history

• 载入史册；青史留名；创造历史
  to be or do sth so important that it will be recorded in history
  1. a discovery that made medical history
     载入医学史册的一项重大发现

the rest is history

• 结局是尽人皆知的；结果如何不必赘述
  used when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already

noun

1. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
   1. he teaches Medieval history
   2. history takes the long view

2. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing
   1. the dawn of recorded history
   2. from the beginning of history

3. a record or narrative description of past events
   1. a history of France
   2. he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
   3. the story of exposure to lead

   Synonym:    accountchroniclestory

4. the aggregate of past events
   1. a critical time in the school's history

5. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
   1. all of human history