historic

/hɪˈstɒrɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /hɪˈstɔːrɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /hi-ˈstȯr-ik -ˈstär-/ (ame, mw)

historic — 形容詞

  • historicpositive
  • more historiccomparative
  • most historicsuperlative

1. A historic event, achievement, or place is one that people remember or will reme

1.形容詞B1
釋義

歷史性的

在歷史上重要或將被記住的

A historic event, achievement, or place is one that people remember or will remember over time because it marked a major change or had a very strong effect on the course of history.

例句

The historic peace agreement between the two countries ended decades of conflict.

這份歷史性的和平協議終結了兩國之間數十年的衝突。

attributive: historic + noun (agreement)

Takeshi visited several historic sites during his trip to Nara last autumn.

Takeshi 去年秋天在奈良旅行時參觀了幾處歷史遺址。

同義詞
  • momentous

    More formal and emphatic; suggests an event of very far-reaching consequences (the momentous decision to go to war).

  • landmark

    Used only before a noun; emphasises a turning point or first of its kind (a landmark court case).

  • significant

    Broader and less weighty; can apply to anything important, not only historically important (a significant increase in sales).

  • groundbreaking

    Focuses on innovation and being the first achievement of its kind (a groundbreaking study on vaccines).

反義詞
  • insignificant

    Opposite in terms of importance or lasting effect (an insignificant event that nobody remembers).

  • unimportant

    General opposite; not likely to be remembered or have influence.

文法句型

historic + noun (event/agreement/moment/building)

be/prove/become + historic

用法筆記

Frequently used before nouns such as moment, event, agreement, achievement, day, building, site, and landmark. Can also appear after linking verbs (be, prove, become) in a predicative position, e.g. 'The discovery was historic.' Do not confuse with historical, which means 'relating to the past or the study of history' rather than 'important in history.'

常見錯誤

❌The meeting was a historical event that changed our country.
✅The meeting was a historic event that changed our country.
💡Historical means 'connected with the past'; historic means 'important enough to be remembered in history.'

2. Used to describe a crime or harmful act that someone committed many years ago bu

2.形容詞C1
釋義

陳年罪行

過去犯罪但當時未受起訴

Used to describe a crime or harmful act that someone committed many years ago but that was never reported, investigated, or punished by the legal system at the time it happened.

例句

The police reopened the case after new evidence emerged about historic offences at the school.

警方在找到新證據後重啟此案，調查這所學校的陳年罪行。

attributive: historic + offences

Faisal was arrested for historic crimes that had gone unreported for more than thirty years.

Faisal 因三十多年來未經舉報的陳年罪行而被逮捕。

同義詞
  • historical

    In legal contexts, historical and historic are sometimes used interchangeably for past offences, but historic is more precise to indicate the offence was not dealt with at the time.

文法句型

historic + offence/crime/abuse

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (offence, abuse, crime). This sense appears primarily in British legal and journalistic contexts when discussing investigations into past wrongdoing that was never prosecuted at the time it occurred.

常見錯誤

❌He has a historic criminal record from the 1990s.
✅He has historic offences from the 1990s that were never prosecuted.
💡Historic (sense 2) refers specifically to crimes not dealt with at the time they were committed, not just any old crime on a record.