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VERB
追溯;查考;探索
If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed.
例句
The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present...
展覽追溯了美國從19世紀至今的平面設計歷史。
I first went there to trace my roots, visiting my mum's home island of Jamaica…
我最初到那里是為了尋根，探訪我媽媽的故鄉牙買加島。
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VERB
查出;探出;找到
If you trace someone or something, you find them after looking for them.
例句
Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am...
早上將近8點時有人看到兩名男子離開那所房子，警方急于找到他們。
We are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of certain sums of money…
我們目前正試圖找到某些錢款的下落。
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VERB
(用手指或腳尖等在表面上)勾畫…的輪廓，描繪，勾勒
If you trace something such as a pattern or a shape, for example with your finger or toe, you mark its outline on a surface.
例句
I traced the course of the river on the map.
我在地圖上勾勒出這條河的流向。
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VERB
(把透明紙覆蓋在底樣上)映描，描摹
If you trace a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath.
例句
She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of old storybooks.
她通過描摹舊故事書上的圖畫學會了畫畫。
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N-COUNT
少許;微量
A trace of something is a very small amount of it.
例句
Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand...
用冷水沖洗它們以清除所有的沙子。
He took great pains to write on his subject without a trace of sensationalism.
他盡力不帶一絲嘩眾取寵的色彩來寫作他的題材。
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N-COUNT
痕跡;遺跡;蹤跡;足跡
A trace is a sign which shows you that someone or something has been in a place.
例句
The local church has traces of fifteenth-century frescoes…
當地教堂仍留有 15 世紀壁畫的遺跡。
There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle...
沒有我姑姑、姑夫的蹤跡。
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PHRASE
銷聲匿跡;迅速沉寂
If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely.
例句
The Social Democratic Party has sunk without trace at these elections...
社會民主黨在這些選舉中已銷聲匿跡。
Pop groups are like Olympic swimmers — they hit gold once, then they sink without trace.
流行樂隊就像奧林匹克游泳選手——拿到一次金牌后就無聲無息了。