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单词 historical
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historical
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adj

Use the adjective historical to describe something that happened in the past, like the historical details of your ancestors' immigration to the United States.
When you're talking about events in the past, you can call them historical. Civil War reenactors might work hard to research the perfect historical costumes, and set designers for period films try to recreate rooms with historical accuracy, making them look just like they would have in the past. The word historical traces back to the Greek word historia, "a learning by inquiry, history, or record."
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historic / historical

Something historic has a great importance to human history. Something historical is related to the past. People with big egos get them mixed up if they say they had a historic family background. Unless they helped win a war, it was probably just historical.

Historic describes something huge that happened in the past, something that affected human history. Historic things can be important figures, like Abraham Lincoln, or pivotal events, like the invention of the printing press. Historic lows are the lowest in history. Here are some historic examples from the news:

The last one closed in October as the museum moves historic objects out of its west wing for a major renovation beginning early next year.  (Washington Post)

A private funeral for the rap legend will be held at the historic Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City. (Seattle Times)

Germans have little incentive to save, with interest rates at historic lows. (Business Week)

Something historical, like an event or an object, doesn't have to concern all of human history or be of worldwide importance, it's just something connected to the past, like these examples:

Other blow-by-blow historical Twitter efforts have run aground. (New York Times)

Kugel regularly furnished historical information that other Madoff employees used to fabricate trades, the government charged. (Washington Post)

Our package also included photos, video, story, historical timeline, readers' memories and polls. (Seattle Times)

The Battle for Bunker Hill was an important battle in the Revolutionary War, making it historic. While the battle for the last piece of your mom's chocolate cake might live in your family history as huge event, it's historical.

And by the way, if you pronounce the h- in either historic or historical, you should use a rather than an before it.

WORD FAMILY
historical: ahistorical, historically, historicalness, prehistorical+/historian: historians/history: historian, historic, historical, historicism, histories, prehistory/prehistoric: prehistorically/prehistory: prehistoric
USAGE EXAMPLES
“I said, ‘I think your prices are a little high for an all-volunteer historical society.’
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Tucker teaches seven forms of lightsaber combat, which he said he developed using historical combat forms and skills that he thought to be somewhat similar.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
OK, so with that historical template, in two years the Rams will be invited to play Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)
1adj of or relating to the study of history
historical scholars
a historical perspective
Ant
ahistorical
unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition
2adj used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Syn|Ant
diachronic
synchronic
concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
3adj belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
a historical character
Syn
historic
past
earlier than the present time; no longer current
4adj having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
the historical Jesus
doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
actual historical events
Syn
existent, real
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
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