trace

汉语翻译

n. 痕迹, 踪迹, 微量, 迹线, 缰绳
vt. 追踪, 回溯, 描绘
vi. 追溯, 沿路走
【化】 迹
【医】 痕迹; 微量, 痕量
【经】 溯查, 追踪, 追溯

词型变化：

动词过去式:traced 过去分词:traced 现在分词:tracing 第三人称单数:traces 副词:traceably 形容词:traceable 名词:traceability 

词意辨析：

pursue, follow, chase, hunt, trace, track, trail

这些动词均含“跟随、追踪”之意。
pursue: 指坚持不懈、毫不动摇地紧跟、追赶某人、某物或某个事业。
follow: 普遍用词，含义最广，多指跟随起引导作用的人或物，跟随的动机可以是善意的，也可能是恶意的。
chase: 指快速追赶或决心追踪，褒义贬义均可用。
hunt: 原义为“追猎、猎取”，现用于指追捕或搜寻逃犯等。
trace: 指根据线索或足迹进行跟踪。用于抽象意义时指找到某事物的根源。
track: 指沿着人或动物留下的印迹或行迹追踪。
trail: 一般指跟踪追击。

英语解释：

名词 trace:

1. a just detectable amount
   同义词：hint, suggestion
2. an indication that something has been present
   同义词：vestige, tincture, shadow
3. a suggestion of some quality
   同义词：touch, ghost
4. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
   同义词：tracing
5. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
6. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

动词 trace:

1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
   同义词：follow
2. make a mark or lines on a surface
   同义词：draw, line, describe, delineate
3. to go back over again
   同义词：retrace
4. pursue or chase relentlessly
   同义词：hound, hunt
5. discover traces of
6. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
7. copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
8. read with difficulty
   同义词：decipher

例句：

1. The cause of the fire was traced to a faulty fuse-box.
   起火的原因已查出是因保险丝盒中有短路。
2. He traced his signature laboriously.
   他吃力地签上自己的名字。
3. He traces his descent back to an old norman family.
   他追踪自己的世系上溯至一个古老的诺曼家族。
4. Her fear of water can be traced back to a childhood accident.
   她很怕水，起因可归於儿时的一次事故。
5. Did the police find any trace of the murderer?
   警方找到凶手的行踪了吗？
6. I can't trace that letter you sent me.
   我找不到你寄给我的那封信。
7. The family can trace its history to the 17th century.
   这个家族的历史可以追溯到十七世纪。