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标题: GWD25-Q16旧题新问 [打印本页]

作者: xusirui 时间: 2014-1-29 21:46
标题: GWD25-Q16旧题新问

34. GWD25-Q16

A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having a large brain and small teeth.

A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having

B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such hominid features as

C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features like

D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years ,explaining hominid features such as having.

E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid features like.

这答题是这样的，我知道选B，但是这样想问的是关于date back的用法，A选项中date back to almost two million years这样的表达正确与否？我怎么觉得应该在最后再加一个ago呢？求NN回答一下啦~~~~~~~~~~~~！thnx~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

作者: lainemai 时间: 2014-10-1 20:59
1. date back 后面加一段时间

通常翻译成：发生在****年（月、天等）前

如：This story dates back 200 years。

故事发生在200年前。

2. date back to 后面加某一个过去时间的具体时点

通常翻译成：发生在过去****的时候

如：
The church dates back to 1173. 此教堂建于1173年。
The town dates back to the Tang Dynasty. 这座小镇建于唐代。

this custom dates back to the 17th century ,
这种风俗开始于17世纪

but this church dates back 8 centuries.
但这个教堂建于8个世纪前。

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