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日期;日子
A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
例句
What's the date today?...
今天是幾號？
You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require.
需要提供想要入住的起止日期以及所需的房間數目。
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VERB
確定…的日期(或年代)
If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.
例句
You cannot date the carving and it is difficult to date the stone itself...
無法確定這一雕刻的年代，連石頭本身的年代都難以判斷。
I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely...
我認為我們可以相當準確地確定西方文明開始衰落的年代。
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VERB
在（信件、支票等）上注明日期
When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.
例句
Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet...
一旦決議達成，他就可以在這張紙上簽署日期和姓名了。
The letter is dated 2 July 1993.
信件上的日期是 1993 年 7 月 2 日。
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N-SING
在（某個）日期;在（某個）時間
If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happened at some date in the future or past.
例句
Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date...
要保留好所有信件的副本，日后可能會用到。
He did leave open the possibility of direct American aid at some unspecified date in the future...
他確實沒有排除將來某一天美國可能會提供直接援助的可能。
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PHRASE
迄今;到目前為止
To date means up until the present time.
例句
'Dottie' is by far his best novel to date...
《多蒂》是他迄今為止最好的小說。
She is without question the craziest person I've met to date...
她無疑是我到目前為止所遇到的最瘋狂之人。
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VERB
過時;落伍
If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.
例句
A black coat always looks smart and will never date...
黑色外套看起來總是很瀟灑，而且永遠也不會落伍。
This album has hardly dated at all.
這張專輯幾乎一點都不過時。
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VERB
使顯老;使顯出年齡大
If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can remember date you, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with.
例句
It's going to date me now. I attended that school from 1969 to 1972.
現在說起來我就顯老了。我 1969至 1972 年就讀于那所學校。
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(尤指男女間的）約會
A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.
例句
I have a date with Bob...
我和鮑勃有個約會。
He had made a date with a girl he had met the day before...
他和前一天遇到的那個女孩定下了約會。
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約會對象
If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date .
例句
He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.
他對埃茜撒謊說跟他約會的是參加演出的一個女孩。
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V-RECIP
（與…）約會
If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating.
例句
For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant...
我曾與一位女研究助理約會了一年的時間。
They've been dating for three months...
他們已約會3個月了。
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海棗（果）
A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.