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Trace Verb 例:The Find 例:I N Count Sinks Stop

单词 trace
音标
英[treɪs] 美[tres]
解释
vt.跟踪,追踪;追溯,探索;探索;查找;vi.沿着一小径或道路前进;可以追溯的;n.痕迹,踪迹;微量,极少量;[植](脉)迹;痕迹;
例句

VERB
追溯;查考;探索
If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed.
例:The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present...展览追溯了美国从19世纪至今的平面设计历史。
例: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。

VERB
查出;探出;找到
If you trace someone or something, you find them after looking for them.
例:Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am...早上将近8点时有人看到两名男子离开那所房子,警方急于找到他们。
例:We are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of certain sums of money…我们目前正试图找到某些钱款的下落。

VERB
(用手指或脚尖等在表面上)勾画…的轮廓,描绘,勾勒
If you trace something such as a pattern or a shape, for example with your finger or toe, you mark its outline on a surface.
例:I traced the course of the river on the map.我在地图上勾勒出这条河的流向。

VERB
(把透明纸覆盖在底样上)映描,描摹
If you trace a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath.
例: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。

N-COUNT
少许;微量
A trace of something is a very small amount of it.
例: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。
例:He took great pains to write on his subject without a trace of sensationalism.他尽力不带一丝哗众取宠的色彩来写作他的题材。

N-COUNT
痕迹;遗迹;踪迹;足迹
A trace is a sign which shows you that someone or something has been in a place.
例:The local church has traces of fifteenth-century frescoes…当地教堂仍留有 15 世纪壁画的遗迹。
例:There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle...没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。

PHRASE
销声匿迹;迅速沉寂
If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely.
例:The Social Democratic Party has sunk without trace at these elections...社会民主党在这些选举中已销声匿迹。
例:Pop groups are like Olympic swimmers — they hit gold once, then they sink without trace.流行乐队就像奥林匹克游泳选手——拿到一次金牌后就无声无息了。
变形
third:traces~done:traced~pl:traces~ing:tracing~past:traced~

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