date S1 W1 / deɪt / 名词 [可数名词] #

1 day a particular day of the month or year, especially shown by a number :

The date on the letter was 30th August 1962.

What’s today’s date?

date of

What’s the date of the next meeting?

You should apply at least 8 weeks before your date of departure.

date for

Have you set a date for the wedding yet?

2 at a later/future date formal at some time in the future 同义词 later :

The details will be agreed at a later date.

3 to date up to now :

The cost of the work to date has been about £150 million.

Her best performance to date was her third place at the World Junior Championships.

4 romantic meeting

a) an occasion when you go out with someone that you like in a romantic way

date with

I’ve got a date with Andrea tomorrow night.

I felt like a teenager going out on a first date . → blind date

b) American English someone that you have a date with

sb’s date

Can I bring my date to the party?

5 arrangement to meet somebody a time arranged to meet someone, especially socially :

Let’s make a date to come over and visit.

6 fruit a sweet sticky brown fruit with a long hard seed inside

→ closing date , → expiry date at expiry ( 2 ) , → out-of-date , sell-by date , up-to-date

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + date

the exact/precise date I can’t remember the exact date we moved into this house.

the agreed date British English , agreed upon date American English (= one that people have agreed on ) The work was not finished by the agreed date.

the closing date (= the last day you can officially do something ) The closing date for applications is April 30th.

the due date (= the date by which something is due to happen ) Payment must be made by the due date.

the delivery date (= a date on which goods will be delivered ) The delivery date should be around 23rd August.

the publication date (= the date when something is published ) We are aiming at a publication date of mid-November.

the departure date (= the date when someone leaves ) My departure date was only a few days away.

the expiry date British English , expiration date American English (= a date on a product after which it cannot be used ) Check the expiry date on your credit card.

the sell-by date British English (= a date on a food product after which it should not be sold ) Those yoghurts are a week past their sell-by date.

动词

decide on a date (= choose the date when something will happen ) Have you decided on a date for the wedding yet?

set/fix a date (= decide the date when something will happen ) They haven’t set a date for the election yet.

短语

today’s date Don’t forget to put today’s date at the top of the letter.

sb’s date of birth ( also sb’s birth date ) (= the day and year when someone was born ) What’s your date of birth?

the date of publication/issue/departure etc formal The insurance will only cover costs incurred on or after the date of departure.

THESAURUS

meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something : a business meeting. | Mr Bell is in a meeting. | The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.

conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it : Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year? | a conference of women business leaders

convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests : the Democratic Party Convention | a convention for Star Trek fans

rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something : There was a massive peace rally in London.

summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters : A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis. | next week’s economic summit

caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election : Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.

teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment : The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.

gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family : We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday. | She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.

date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with : I think I might ask her out on a date.

rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly : She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.

tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship : a good place for a moonlight tryst

date S3 W3 verb #

1 write date [及物动词] to write or print the date on something :
a newspaper dated November 23, 1963 Make sure you sign and date it at the bottom. 2 find age [及物动词] to find out when something old was made or formed :
The rocks are dated by examining the fossils found in the same layer. radiocarbon dating 3 old-fashioned [不及物动词] if clothing, art etc dates, it begins to look old-fashioned :
His designs are so classic, they’ve hardly dated at all. → dated 4 relationship [不及物和及物动词] American English to have a romantic relationship with someone SYN go out with :
Is he still dating Sarah? Are Chris and Liz dating? 5 show sb’s age [及物动词] if something that you say, do, or wear dates you, it shows that you are fairly old :
Yes, I remember the moon landings – that dates me, doesn’t it?

date from something ( also date back to something ) phrasal verb to have existed since a particular time in the past :
The church dates from the 13th century.