layer of history

Chinese translation: 历史印记

12:48 Oct 3, 2015
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Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: layer of history
The Ring is a circle of beech trees, planted on a hilltop that had been the site of Bronze Age and Iron Age fortifications, and a Roman temple. In 1760, a young aristocrat from the scarp-foot village of Wiston named Charles Goring decided to add his own layer of history to the Chanctonbury earthworks. He planted beech saplings in a well-spaced circle and, according to one story, then carried bottles of water up the slope to irrigate his saplings daily on that arid summit. According to the other story, he got his servants to do this job for him.如何理解layer of history?
沧浪 之水
China
Local time: 20:23
Chinese translation:历史印记
Explanation:
在历史上留下自己的印记
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zoey_zh
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4 +1历史印记
jarv95888
5历史印记
zoey_zh
4历史沉积or历史印记
倩茜 吴
3建议
Shang
3历史的轮记
tanglsus


  

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建议


Explanation:
add his own layer of history to 留下自己的印记

Shang
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历史印记


Explanation:
盖上自己的历史印记;在这XXX古迹上自我落款;留下一层属于自己的历史积淀;

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历史的轮记


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供参考

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历史印记


Explanation:
在历史上留下自己的印记

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历史沉积or历史印记


Explanation:
add his own layer of history to字面意思是“在······上添上自己的那一层历史”。为什么说是“自己那一层历史”呢?题主参观年代比较久远的历史遗址时,应该见到过这种情况:一处遗址被挖至几个不同深度,第一个深度标注A时期,第二个深度标注B时期······通常越深的时期越早,因为较早的痕迹被埋在了较新的底下,层层覆盖,所谓历史沉积层。layer of history这个用法就是这么来的。
理解了这个,句子其实很好翻译了。祝顺利。

倩茜 吴
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