单词 | historically |
释义 | historically (once / 1671 pages) adv Anything that has happened historically has been going on for a long time. A historically accurate picture of a time portrays it just right. If your model of a 1950’s soda shop is historically accurate, your grandmother will love it. Historically refers to things that have happened throughout history or somehow relate to history. If something is historically very difficult, then it’s been hard to do for a long time. Historically, nations have gone to war over oil. Wilt Chamberlain played historically well, scoring 100 points in a basketball game. As the first black President, Barack Obama is historically significant. WORD FAMILYhistorical: ahistorical, historically, historicalness, prehistorical+/historian: historians/history: historian, historic, historical, historicism, histories, prehistory/prehistoric: prehistorically/prehistory: prehistoric USAGE EXAMPLESPriebus grew up in historically Democratic blue-collar Kenosha, the son of a German American electrician father and a Greek mother born in Africa. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Money invested in tech startups remains historically high but is on track to decline materially from 2015. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) He further added: “It would’ve helped, really, to publish a thorough, precise, historically informed and technically honest attribution report in plain English.” Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1adv throughout history historically they have never coexisted peacefully 2adv with respect to history this is historically interesting |
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