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important in history; likely to be thought of as important at some time in the future 历史上著名（或重要）的；可名垂青史的 the restoration of historic buildings 对历史建筑的修复 a historic monument/landmark 历史遗迹/地标 Take a tour of historic sites in the old city. 参观老城的历史遗迹。 Visit historic Chester. 参观历史悠久的切斯特。 It was a great fight, a historic moment in Irish sport. 这是一场伟大的战斗，是爱尔兰体育史上的历史性时刻。 Murals depict the region's historic events. 壁画描绘了该地区的历史事件。 a truly historic occasion 一个真正的历史性时刻 The area is of special historic interest. 这个地区有特别历史意义。 The party has won a historic victory at the polls. 该党在选举投票中赢得了历史性的胜利。
Which Word? historic / historicalhistoric / historicalTopics Historyb1- Historic is usually used to describe something that is so important that it is likely to be remembered:
historic 通常用以表示具有重要历史意义： Today is a historic occasion for our country. 今天是我国具有历史意义的日子。
historical 通常涉及历史、史学、过去的事实： I have been doing some historical research. 我一直在进行史学研究。 Was Robin Hood a historical figure? 罗宾汉是历史人物吗？
of a period during which history was recorded 有史时期的 in historic times 在有史时期
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that took place in the past but was not dealt with at the time 历史性的： 发生在过去，但当时未处理There is still more to be done to right the historic injustice of slavery. 要纠正奴隶制历史上的不公正，还有更多工作要做。 The tribunal will consider historic claims dating back to 1840. 该法庭将考虑追溯到1840年的历史性索赔。
Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historic and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to or in accordance with history’): via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’.