date
单词辨析：
主要指与某人在某一具体时间、地点见面的正式约定，尤指与工作相关的预约。
He has an appointment to see the doctor.
他约好了看医生。
Jim has an appointment with his client at 11 o'clock.
吉姆11点约了客户。
指与爱慕的异性或恋人之间的见面。
Have you got a date this evening?
你今天晚上有约会没有？
She has a date with Jim tomorrow afternoon.
她明天下午和吉姆有约会。
指做某事的正式安排，尤与工作有关。
Her excuse of a prior engagement was accepted.
她事先另有安排的理由被接受了。
I have an engagement with Mr. Brown to play golf at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
我和布朗先生约好了今天下午两点钟打高尔夫球。
相关例句：
The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
该国的选举委员会将议会选举日期提前了3天。
You cannot date the carving and it is difficult to date the stone itself
无法确定这一雕刻的年代，连石头本身的年代都难以判断。
At some date in the 1990s British oil production will probably tail off.
到20世纪90年代的某个时候，英国石油产量可能会逐渐减少。
The date of the election was fixed
选举日期定下来了。
This album has hardly dated at all.
这张专辑几乎一点都不过时。
'Dottie' is by far his best novel to date
《多蒂》是他迄今为止最好的小说。