trace的意思

美 / treɪs / 英 / treɪs /

v. 跟踪,追踪,追溯,探索,查出,描绘,勾勒

n. 痕迹,踪迹,微量,极少量,描记图,轨迹


trace的用法讲解

英语单词trace的用法讲解

trace作为动词,意思是“追踪,追溯”,常指查明从前发生的事情、查出根源或者轨迹。

一、trace的常用短语

1. trace back:trace back 意思是“追溯;追根溯源”,指找出事物的源头、发生的起源或进行查明历史真相,其常见搭配短语是: trace back the origin (追溯起源),trace back to (追溯到……)。

例句: She managed to trace back their family tree to the 17th century.

2. trace out:trace out 意思是“追踪;查明”,指根据痕迹或有助于查明真相的证据调查查明事件的真相。

例句: The police traced out the criminal's whereabouts.

3. trace up:trace up 意思是“回顾;查阅;查找”,指查阅以前发生过的事情。

例句: Let's trace up the events of the past two years.

二、trace的常见句型

1. trace someone:追踪某人的踪迹

例句:The police are trying to trace the suspect's whereabouts.(警察正在试图追踪嫌疑犯的行踪。)

2. trace something:查明某事

例句:The police are trying to trace the cause of the accident.(警察正在试图查明事故的原因。)

3. trace something to something:把某事物归因于某事物

例句:The researcher traced the decline of the species to loss of habitat.(研究者把物种的衰退归因于它们的栖息地的消失。)

trace的例句

I first went there to trace my roots, visiting my mum's home island of Jamaica…

我最初到那里是为了寻根,探访我妈妈的故乡牙买加岛。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A tear traced a path down her cheek.

一滴眼泪沿着她的面颊流了下来。

牛津词典

Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand...

用冷水冲洗它们以清除所有的沙子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of old storybooks.

她通过描摹旧故事书上的图画学会了画画。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her book traces the town's history from Saxon times to the present day.

她的书描述的是这个市镇从撒克逊时代到现在的历史。

牛津词典

There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle...

没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。

柯林斯高阶英语词典