英语词组hark back to是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

hark back tohark back to (something)

to be similar to something from the past.

His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences.

Phr V

hark back to

harks, harking, harked

hark back to sth

if someone harks back to something in the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way which annoys other peopleoften in continuous tenses

She's always harking back to when she was young and saying how much better it was then.

(never in continuous tenses) if something harks back to something in the past, it is similar to it

And yet his latest offering harks back to his earlier films.

hark(en) back to (something)

1. To cause one to think of something. That song harkens back to an earlier time in my life.

2. To have originated or begun as something. You know, our modern cell phones hark back to those old rotary phones you like to make fun of.

3. To revisit something mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all harken back to the real reason we're here today.

hark(en) back to something

1. to have originated as something; to have started out as something. (Harken is an older word meaning "pay heed to.") The word icebox harks back to refrigerators that were cooled by ice. Our modern breakfast cereals hark back to the porridge and gruel of our ancestors.

2. to remind one of something. Seeing a horse and buggy in the park harks back to the time when horses drew milk wagons. Sally says it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by horse-drawn wagons.

hark back

Return to a previous point, as in Let us hark back briefly to my first statement. This expression originally alluded to hounds retracing their course when they have lost their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First half of 1800s]

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释义	Idiom hark back tohark back to (something) to be similar to something from the past. His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences. Phr V hark back to harks, harking, harked hark back to sth if someone harks back to something in the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way which annoys other peopleoften in continuous tenses She's always harking back to when she was young and saying how much better it was then. (never in continuous tenses) if something harks back to something in the past, it is similar to it And yet his latest offering harks back to his earlier films. phrasehark back to1. hark back to sth to remember or keep talking about a time or event in the past, especially in an annoying way: The people are always harking back to the good old days before independence. If it was such a rotten holiday, why hark back to it?2. hark back to sth not progressive to be similar to something that existed or was fashionable in the past: The newest shoe styles hark back to the seventies. hark(en) back to (something) 1. To cause one to think of something. That song harkens back to an earlier time in my life. 2. To have originated or begun as something. You know, our modern cell phones hark back to those old rotary phones you like to make fun of. 3. To revisit something mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all harken back to the real reason we're here today. hark(en) back to something 1. to have originated as something; to have started out as something. (Harken is an older word meaning "pay heed to.") The word icebox harks back to refrigerators that were cooled by ice. Our modern breakfast cereals hark back to the porridge and gruel of our ancestors. 2. to remind one of something. Seeing a horse and buggy in the park harks back to the time when horses drew milk wagons. Sally says it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by horse-drawn wagons. hark back Return to a previous point, as in Let us hark back briefly to my first statement. This expression originally alluded to hounds retracing their course when they have lost their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First half of 1800s]
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