Some families can trace their ancestors back three hundred years, but can't tell you where their children were last night.
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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;
💡 trace(draw)→回溯
"Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting."
找出田园诗和风景画之间的相似之处.
近义：hound, scribe, sketch, sleuth, spoor, track
n. 背，背部;背面，反面;后面，后部;（椅子等的）靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义：second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义：impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew
vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别;
n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
n. 末尾;最后;上个;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 经受住;到…之后;够用;足够维持（尤指某段时间）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持续;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月，双方签订了和平条约。
近义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. 夜;晚上;（举行盛事的）夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜欢夜晚单独外出。
近义：nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm
反义：daylight, daytime
num. 一百;许多;100 到 999 间的数目;某个世纪的年代;
n. 一百;许多;
adj. 一百的;许多的;
💡 手（hand）里有（u）红色的（red） 一百分 网友：handbag 补充：
"Most of the house remains intact even after two hundred years."
虽然过了两百年，这房子的大部分还保持完好。