| 单词 | historic |
| 释义 | historic (hɪstɒrɪk , US -tɔːr- ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Something that is historic is important in history, or likely to be considered important at some time in the future. King gave this historic speech the night before he was assassinated. ...a fourth historic election victory. Synonyms: significant, notable, momentous, famous Collocations: historic average Today, it stands on a prospective p/e of just under half that, more or less in line with its historic average. Times, Sunday Times About 68 per cent of the components of the inflation basket are rising, 'bang on the historic average'. Times, Sunday Times Since 2015, average rainfall has dipped to less than 15 inches per year a historic average of roughly 30 inches pear year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The shares are trading at 10 times prospective earnings, well below their five-year historic average of 16.2 times. Times, Sunday Times He agreed, however, that the likeliest scenario remained that the eurozone economy would continue to grow in line with its historic average. Times, Sunday Times While public debt will remain at a historic high, the resumption of growth next year and low interest rates will stabilise borrowing and public debt. Times,Sunday Times With mortgages rising, debt at an almost historic high, consumer spending down, it seems likely that this year's sales will offer some fantastic buys. Times, Sunday Times Gold reached an historic high this week because investors are losing faith in governments. Times, Sunday Times Employment rates are already at a historic high. Times, Sunday Times That percentage has nearly tripled since 1970, and it’s just shy of a historic high of 14.8 percent in 1890. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First, though, under the guidance of a conservation architect, the couple had to revive completely the almost ruined historic home. Times, Sunday Times I was amazed that such a historic home had gone. Times, Sunday Times This represents a rare opportunity to acquire and renovate a truly historic home ... Times, Sunday Times He called the work architecturally 'unfortunate' and said it could cause serious damage to his own historic home built in 1781. The Sun Contemporary chandeliers with ashings of metallic will instantly pdate a historic home. Times, Sunday Times The historic hotel was closed down for renovation and the fashion pack had the run of the place. Times, Sunday Times We'd plumped for a stay at this historic hotel. The Sun Most rooms at the historic hotel come with their own private butler and a private bar. The Sun From the outside, this historic hotel looks more like a service bridge club than a mini royal palace. Times, Sunday Times In 2008, the restored historic hotel opened with 203 guest suites and the upper floors consisting of 56 apartments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No wonder then that this historic landmark reduced him to tears. The Sun It's akin to the feeling of awe inspired by a tour through a historic landmark. Globe and Mail The stunt at the historic landmark was allowed at 2.55am. Times, Sunday Times In 1995, the pier was declared a state historic landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A small laboratory building and the water tower which had been listed as a historic landmark were preserved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The present planning application, if approved, would change this historic landscape and create a city centre-style hotel. Times, Sunday Times He dispelled the myth that the greatest threat to the historic landscape was urban development. Times, Sunday Times It would take a considerable feat of imagination, or a peculiar act of malevolence, to come up with a structure less appropriate to a historic landscape than a wind turbine. Times, Sunday Times In addition to the large number of historic buildings remaining in the neighborhood, many of the historic landscape and streetscape elements remain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It protects 85.91 square kilometres of historic landscape, archaeology and environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rates have been at an historic low of 0.5 per cent for 79 months. Times, Sunday Times Its score fell by one point to 78, close to the historic low of 76 recorded during the recession of 2012-13. Times, Sunday Times Firstly, we have cut our interest rate to a historic low of 0.1 per cent. The Sun These are set to shrink again after yesterday's base rate reduction to an historic low of 0.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Do you feel frustrated that interest rates have fallen to an historic low to bail out reckless borrowers? Times, Sunday Times The diplomat instantly told me the precise spot where the historic meeting took place and its significance. Times, Sunday Times Those criticising yesterday's historic meeting are missing the point. The Sun The original hand-written minutes of this historic meeting establishing the club are preserved today. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The historic meeting house (third on the site) was built in 1797. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although little was accomplished in the meeting, it was a historic meeting in which both countries met face-to-face. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the prime minister, deputy prime minister, chancellor, opposition leader and would-be opposition leader all come from the same tight generational cohort, it's undeniable that we've passed a historic milestone. Times, Sunday Times Campaigners called the breakthrough 'a historic milestone'. Times, Sunday Times It took 7 months and one day after first reaching the 14,000 milestone to touch this historic milestone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The next generation of its leaders must live up to this historic mission. Times, Sunday Times He has completed the first leg of his historic mission in space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A talented artist, he dazzled the public with his depictions of historic missions and humanity’s future in space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an historic moment but at the time I could imagine little but conflict and confrontation ahead. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was my privilege to witness this historic moment. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994) Was this a memorable historic moment? Times, Sunday Times (2008) But then the historic moment came. The Sun (2015) They knew they were witnessing a historic moment, but perhaps not the one they were expecting. Times, Sunday Times (2016) What should have been a great historic occasion turned into something of an anticlimax. Times, Sunday Times A decade on, we relive that historic occasion through the eyes of those who played in the match. Times, Sunday Times Attempts to spin this into an historic occasion were largely left unspun. Times, Sunday Times Youngsters climbed up on the gates outside the palace hoping toget a glimpse of the royals on the historic occasion. The Sun Rather than watch on a giant screen a distance from events, it was enough for many to be in the immediate vicinity of this historic occasion. Times, Sunday Times Yet precisely because so much of how he will govern is uncertain, he has a historic opportunity to confound his doubters and prove himself a genuine reformer. Times, Sunday Times (2017) They look at it as a historic opportunity. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The last 12 momentous months have given Britain a historic opportunity for a better future. The Sun (2016) This is an historic opportunity for press reform. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It's an historic opportunity to build new ties. The Sun (2016) Is there a historic precedent? Times, Sunday Times Future automation, therefore, would have to break completely with historic precedent. Times, Sunday Times This was an important step away from the historic precedent of compartmentalizing the functions of the house into separate rooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Historic precedent versions are not considered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Why not make historic preservation more attractive to business? Houston Chronicle But if this takes the form of shops, restaurants and places to stay established within existing buildings, the interests of historic preservation could be served very well. Times, Sunday Times Real estate zoning and historic preservation would help. Houston Chronicle The 1920s endeavor to save the structure heralded the citys first historic preservation effort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1970s, concerns about the environment and historic preservation led to further regulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The owners, now in their eighties, are looking for a budding historian to take over this historic property. Times,Sunday Times So you've found and restored your historic property - that's the easy bit. Times, Sunday Times We were also convinced that our historic property deserved the highest standard of craftsmanship. Times, Sunday Times Over the years many features of the historic property were subsumed as it developed the character of a 20th-century municipal park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The historic property includes a ca1839 house and the adjacent ruins of a house built ca1821. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a spending binge of historic proportions, they threw money at the elderly, nationalised the banks and created a massive new medical entitlement. Times, Sunday Times He added that adopting them 'would be a mistake of historic proportions'. Times, Sunday Times It has taken a crisis of historic proportions to bring these harsh lessons to the fore. Times, Sunday Times But for the moment - in an emergency of historic proportions - there ought to be no debate about what government should do. Times, Sunday Times An economic shock of historic proportions will cause us to reconsider the rules and the values that we live by. Times, Sunday Times Its handful of buildings have enormous historic significance — particularly this one, the country's oldest free lending library. Times, Sunday Times Governments of historic significance create a new consensus - often through fierce debate and battle - that nobody subsequently wishes to turn back. Times, Sunday Times But there haven't been many days preceded by more energy and freighted with much greater historic significance than this one. Times, Sunday Times And his historic significance extends in ways that are almost as hard to list exhaustively as they are to describe adequately. Times, Sunday Times It was of enormous historic significance, but was it real? The Sun Accordingly, the historic site will be sold, and the library relocated, presumably in another shopping mall. The Times Literary Supplement The analysis will be a blow to those looking forward to a day out at a historic site or garden this spring. Times, Sunday Times A couple of years ago, the municipality sold the historic site - and locals are concerned about its future. ST By academics who see the wall as an 'historic site'? Times, Sunday Times In 1987, the federal government declared the building a national historic site. canada.com Frightened production staff have even seen faces at windows in derelict parts of the historic structure. The Sun It would be wonderful if an owner stepped forward to save this remarkable, historic structure and give it renewed life in a new location. Times,Sunday Times Its new owners proceeded to transform it into a startlingly modern house, with acres of glazing and curved walls, within the historic structure. Times, Sunday Times The band, each of whose members are separately managed, control their touring, merchandising and video rights, reflecting the historic structure of deals in the music industry. Times, Sunday Times As regards conserving the building during the winter, there are currently storage heaters to keep the damp at bay without affecting the building's historic structure. Times, Sunday Times With a shared language and historic ties, both nations stand to gain a great deal from the pooling of their commercial interests and political might. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, the two countries share historic ties. Times, Sunday Times The use of enantiomeric excess has established itself because of its historic ties with optical rotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Elements such as arched neoclassical pediments and paired columns on the porches additionally imply that the neighborhood has historic ties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He positioned himself as a centrist, although he has historic ties to the right. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They believe their lovely and historic town has been taken from them. The Sun In stark contrast, high streets - and in particular those in historic town centres or seaside towns - did especially well. Times, Sunday Times We entirely sympathise with locals who feel their historic town has been stolen from them. The Sun We are saddened and sickened by the recent vandalism in our historic town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These narrow passages between buildings are a feature of the historic town. Times, Sunday Times She urged her successor to champion the audience and preserve its status as a 'historic treasure of urgent contemporary relevance'. Times, Sunday Times The building has survived social, political and structural changes as well as the forces of nature to become a truly national historic treasure, worthy of preservation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recently this historic treasure was rediscovered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This decision also required the old building to be demolished which upset some citizens who believed the building to be a historic treasure to the town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But there's just as much to do in the day and the island's historic treasures are just waiting to be explored. The Sun Celebrate a remarkable summer of plucky draws, historic victory, humiliating defeat and final comeback to bring the little urn back home. Times, Sunday Times An historic victory for both them and football. The Sun She can use her good luck to land a historic victory. The Sun The huge wave of excitement that seemed to engulf the country in the wake of that historic victory was quite unprecedented. Times, Sunday Times He has won a historic victory. Times,Sunday Times And it did, for one day at least, when it rained as we attempted to explore a tediously historic village. Times, Sunday Times The prince hopes to inject new life into a historic village listed as a world heritage site. Times, Sunday Times So what would do well in this historic village in the wilds of farming country? Times, Sunday Times They sunbathe, scoff a paella at one of the restaurants, traipse through the historic village and then sail back to the mainland. Times, Sunday Times Numerous parks, an historic village centre, top-notch recreational facilities and lots of shopping are all close by. Globe and Mail The historic vote creates a new, 10-member ruling body. Christianity Today The path to yesterday's historic vote has not been smooth. Times, Sunday Times This will be a crucial and historic vote. Times, Sunday Times With plain-speaking but tightly scripted rhetoric before the historic vote, she prefers to focus on the issues over the politics of personalities. Times, Sunday Times The crowd sensed another historic win against the so-far-invincible class of 2013. Times, Sunday Times It was an historic win and amazing for my country. The Sun Supporters, recording the historic win on camcorders and mobile phones, swarmed around him to shake his hand and slap him on the back. Times, Sunday Times It was a historic win. Times, Sunday Times This truly was an historic win and an important one. Times, Sunday Times The consequences of this loss are alarming and potentially historic. The Sun The 'potentially historic' blizzard of 2015 had failed to live up to its hype. Times, Sunday Times Experts warned of more 'potentially historic and life-threatening flooding' in the next 24 hours. The Sun Changing sea levels and erosion are exposing new areas of coast with potentially historic treasures being revealed, say experts. Times, Sunday Times He believes the midterm results represent a potentially historic shift for his party. Times, Sunday Times My rabbit rillette was truly historic. Times, Sunday Times This was truly historic stuff. The Sun We have, in this past year, lived through truly historic times. Outlook India This represents a rare opportunity to acquire and renovate a truly historic home ... Times, Sunday Times Others have found his later years as a dealmaker and minister truly historic and deserving of merit. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 有重大历史意义的 Japanese: 歴史上重要な |
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