【date音标】 英[deɪt] 美[deɪt]
【单词释义】 date是什么意思：
n.日期，日子；约会；时代，年代；（北非和西亚常见的海枣树的）海枣
vt.过时；使…显老；显示出…时代（或年龄）；鉴定…的年代
vt.&vi.与人约会，相约
vi.属于某一特定时期；从某时起计算日期；记载日期；注有（或注明）日期
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] dates [第三人称单数] dates
[单词现在分词] dating
[单词过去式] dated
[单词过去分词] dated
【date形近词/近似词】
fate n.命运，宿命，天意 v.注定
hate v.憎恨；厌恶 n. 憎恨；厌恶
late adj.晚的，迟到的
mate n.朋友，伙伴；同伴，同事；配偶，伴侣 v.连接，配备；（使）交配
rate n.速度；比率；费率；费用 v.评价；评估
gate n.门
【常用短语】
date from 追溯到；开始于；始建于
out of date 过时的；过期的；废弃的
set a date 安排约会
to date 迄今为止；到目前为止；直到现在
up to date adj. 现代的;最新的
【单词例句】
◇ While university appears to be the older of the two terms, dating as far back as the 13th century, schools and students in North America have embraced college to describe most places of higher learning.
尽管university这个词汇在这两者中历史更悠久，早在13世纪就产生了，但北美的学校和学生却主要用college来指代大多数高校。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ "Although it cannot host life, it is noteworthy as the third-nearest transiting exoplanet known to date and one of the best rocky planets we have for measuring the composition of any atmosphere it may possess."
“尽管它不能承载生命，但值得注意的是，它是迄今为止已知的‘第三近程’过境系外行星，也是可以用来测量其拥有的任何大气成分的最佳岩质行星之一。”
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ As sad as she could be. She will have to clear his belongings. When she was looking thru the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, beneficiary is her. Together in that file there’s this note.
尽管她很悲伤，老夫人仍不得不亲自动手清理他的遗物。当老夫人认真细致地翻着一个抽屉时，她发现了一张保险单。保险日期从他们结婚之日起算起，毫无疑问，保险受益人是她。在这个文件夹里，还有一份就是她丈夫亲手写的遗嘱，里面说道：
---- Life Together