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| 历史 | history A systematic written account comprising a chronological record of events (as affecting a city, state, nation, institution, science, or art) and usually including a philosophical explanation of the cause and origin of such events (有系统的书面记录，包含按时间顺序记录的事件(对城市、州、国家、机构、科学、艺术的影响)，内容通常包括对这些事件起因的客观说明。) |
| 历史中心 | historic centre That part of a town or city in which the principal public and historic buildings are located (城镇中主要的公共和历史建筑的所在地。) |
| 历史变迁 | historical evolution The process by which small but cumulative changes in the learned, nonrandom, systematic behavior and knowledge of a people occur from generation to generation (一代接一代，不断发生的某种过程，即个人在学习上的、非随机的、系统性的行为和知识方面产生微小但不断累积的过程。) |
| 历史研究 | historical research The study of events in relation to their development over time (对事件随时间变迁而发展的关系的研究。) |
| 历史纪念碑 | historical monument Monument built in memory of an historical event (为纪念历史事件而设立的纪念碑。) |
| 历史遗址 | historical site Place where significant historical events occurred and which is important to an indigenous culture or a community (重要历史事件发生的所在地，对当地的文化或社会相当重要。) |
| 历史遗迹保护 | conservation of monuments Measures adopted for the protection and the maintenance of hystorical and art monuments (保护和维护历史和艺术遗迹所采取的措施。) |
| 环境历史 | environmental history A systematic and chronological account of past events and conditions relating to the ecosystem, its natural resources or, more generally, the external factors surrounding and affecting human life (有系统的、按年代次序记载的历史事件和情况，涉及生态系统、自然资源或者人类周围影响人类生活的外部因素。) |
