- [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/推出/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. 从该日到10月31日知道该车下落的任何人都被要求与班戈警察局联系。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1, Historya1Give 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. 预计审判日期将于下月公布。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- earlier
- earliest
- later
- …
- agree
- agree on
- arrange
- …
- stamp
- book
- after a/the date
- at a… date
- before a/the date
- …
- the big date
- at a future date
- at some future date
- …
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a particular day or year when a particular event happened or will happen 日期；日子 1066 is the most famous date in English history. 1066年是英格兰历史上最著名的一年。 the biggest date in the country music calendar 乡村音乐日程表上最重要的日子 I hated history at school—I could never remember all those dates. 我讨厌学校里的历史——我永远记不住那些日子。 What were Beethoven's dates (= the years of his birth and death)? 贝多芬的生日是哪一年？
Extra ExamplesWhat was the date of the Battle of Hastings? 黑斯廷斯战役的日期是什么时候？ The painting bears the date 1626. 这幅画的日期是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. 一块巨大的石刻记录了她三个儿子的出生和死亡日期。
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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. 这是一条早期的重要贸易路线。 a building of late Roman date 罗马时代后期的建筑
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb1The 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. 这座建筑与同一时期的大教堂有某些共同特征。 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- earlier
- earliest
- later
- …
- agree
- agree on
- arrange
- …
- stamp
- book
- after a/the date
- at a… date
- before a/the date
- …
- the big date
- at a future date
- at some future date
- …
- [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！
Extra ExamplesWe must make a date to have lunch. 我们一定要约个日子吃午餐。 She wanted to arrive in time to keep her date. 她想准时赴约。 He was late, and ended up breaking their dinner date. 他迟到，结果他们的晚餐约会告吹了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dinner
- lunch
- blind
- …
- have
- find
- make
- …
- movie
- rape
- on a date
- date with
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a meeting that you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with somebody who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend 约会；幽会 - 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幽会。
Collocations Marriage and divorcesee also blind date, double dateMarriage and divorce 结婚和离婚 Romance 恋爱 - fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
（疯狂地／深深地／无可救药地）爱上／爱着（某人） - be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
是／相信一见钟情；一见钟情 - be/find true love/the love of your life
是／找到真爱／一生的爱 - suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
受单相思之苦 - have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
对某人／某事有着／表示出强烈的／深深的／真挚的爱慕之情 - meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
与丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友结识／结婚 - have/go on a (blind) date
有个／去约会／相亲 - be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
与一个小伙子／女生／男生／男人／女人在谈恋爱 - move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
与男朋友／女朋友／伴侣同居
Weddings 婚礼 - get/be engaged/married/divorced
订婚；结婚；离婚 - arrange/plan a wedding
安排婚礼 - have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
举行隆重的婚礼；度蜜月；婚姻幸福 - have/enter into an arranged marriage
有一个／走入包办婚姻 - call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
取消／推迟婚礼 - invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
邀请某人出席／参加婚礼／结婚典礼／结婚喜宴 - conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
举行结婚典礼 - exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
交换戒指；互致结婚誓言 - congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
祝贺这对幸福的新人；为这对幸福的伉俪干杯 - be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
（与妻子／丈夫）在／去度蜜月 - celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
庆祝第一个（结婚）纪念日
Separation and divorce 分居和离婚 - be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
对丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友不忠 - have an affair (with somebody)
（和某人）有暧昧关系 - break off/end an engagement/a relationship
解除／终止婚约／恋爱关系 - break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
与男友／女友分手；甩掉男友／女友 - separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
和丈夫／妻子分居；离弃丈夫／妻子；与丈夫／妻子离婚 - annul/dissolve a marriage
宣布婚姻无效；解除婚姻关系 - apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
申请／要求／办理离婚；离婚 - get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
获得／被判予／拥有／失去对孩子的监护权 - pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
（向前妻／前夫）支付生活费／子女抚养费
She's out on a date with her new boyfriend. 她出去和新男友约会去了。 I have a date with Camilla on Friday night. 我星期五晚上和卡米拉有约会。 It's a great date movie. 这是一部精彩的约会电影。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dinner
- lunch
- blind
- …
- have
- find
- make
- …
- movie
- rape
- on a date
- date with
- a date with somebody
- [countable]
a boyfriend or girlfriend with whom you have arranged a date 约会对象 Wordfinder- affair
- date
- go out with somebody
- jealous
- love
- marriage
- partner
- passionate
- relationship
- romantic
- [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
particular day/year
past time/future过去；将来
arrangement to meet约见
romantic meeting异性约会
fruit果实
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).