although french fries may date back to the 1600s-1700s, their popularity sky-rocketed when they began to be sold worldwide through fast food chains, especially mcdonald’s.

尽管炸薯条的起源要追溯到1600到1700年间去，但是它真正一炮走红还是在麦当劳这样的快餐连锁店全球开始销售薯条之后。

the sale also features britain’s most extensive collection of historical cookbooks some of which date back to the reign of henry viii.

这次的拍品中还包括英国历史上众多烹饪书籍，其中一些甚至可以追溯到亨利八十统治时期。

they keep precise genealogies of their aristocracy, and each battling ruler did indeed reign at just the time of an explosion – the geological and family records of which date back to 700ad.

他们精确地保存了这些大神和小神们的族谱，并且在每一次火山爆发的时候，每一个战争统治者确实占据统治地位。这些地理现象和族谱记录可以追溯到公元700年。

koseki date back to the late 19th century and were originally intended as a means of conscripting soldiers.

日本户籍制的历史可以追溯到19世纪，人们最初是打算把它作为一种应招新兵的方式。

these games date back to the time of serial consoles, mainframes, and minicomputers.

这些游戏的历史可以追溯到串行控制台、大型机和小型机时代。

nottingham has about 500 sandstone caves, many closed to the public, walker said. the caves date back to early viking times in about 800 a.d.

沃克说：「诺丁汉市大约有500个砂巖洞穴，许多遗址已禁止游客观光。这些洞穴可以追溯到公元800年的维京时代。」

the new coalition administration abandoned that plan, ditching the tax and pushing the target date back to 2015.

新的联合政府放弃了这个计划，巩固税收把这一目标追溯到2015年。

those wishing for luck will often cross one finger over another, a gesture that「s said to date back to early christianity.

那些祈祷好运的人常常双手握拢十指交叉。这个姿势据说可以追溯到早期基督教中。

as geoffrey robertson and andrew nicol explain in their excellent book media law, england’s defamation laws date back to a statute created in 1275.

就象杰弗里·罗伯逊和安德鲁·尼科尔在他们的绝佳着作《媒体法》中解释的那样，英国的诽谤法可追溯到1275年制定的一个章程。

this collection contains amazing historic photos of nyc that date back to the first half of the 20th century.

这里收集了令人吃惊的纽约城追溯到20世纪前半页的历史照片。

the history of self-knowledge date back to over 2000 years.

对于自我认识这个话题的探讨可以追溯到2000年前。

patents date back to venice in the 15th century, but communist china did not allow them until 1985.

专利最早可以追溯到15世纪的威尼斯，但在中国，知识产权直到1985年才被认可。

scientific wagers date back to greece in the 5th or 6th century bc and were often a rhetorical device for thinking about a subject.

科学家打赌的历史可以追溯到公元前5、6世纪的希腊，那时打赌是一种用来刺激人们思考的手段。

the village」s nine terraced levels are linked by stone stairways that date back to the ming dynasty, and most homes still have paper windows rather than glass panes.

村庄分开位于九层梯田上，层与层之间由石阶相连，这些石阶的历史可以追溯到明朝，村里很多人家还在使用纸糊的窗户，而不用玻璃窗户。

mr abe may feel that the storm is breaking unjustly over him—after all, the pensions problems date back to when records were first computerised, and were suppressed by successive governments.

安倍首相会感到这场风暴降临到他头上并不公平，毕竟，养老金问题可以追溯到记录第一次用电脑来储存时，并且被后来的政府隐瞒起来。

brand names are often thought of as a creation of the western advertising industry. the earliest 「brands」 may date back to the early days of china and egypt.

品牌常被认为是西方广告业发展的产物，然而，最早的「品牌」可追溯到中国和埃及的早期文明。

the big bang model of cosmology rests on two key ideas that date back to the early 20th century: general relativity and the cosmological principle.

宇宙学中的大爆炸模型可以追溯到20世纪初的两个核心思想：广义相对论和宇宙学原理。

predecessors of the cowboy date back to colonial times.

牛仔的祖先可以追溯到美国十三州殖民地时期。

who model lists of essential medicines date back to 1977.

世卫组织基本药物标準清单可以追溯到1977年。

the caves date back to early viking times in about 800 a.d.

这些洞穴可以追溯到公元800年的维京时代。

the country"s many orthodox monasteries, as well as the transylvanian catholic church and the evangelical church, some of which date back to the 13th century, are repositories of artistic treasures.

诸如特兰西瓦尼亚天主教和福音派教堂等许多正统的宗教圣地，其历史可以追溯到13世纪，里面蕴藏了丰富的艺术瑰宝。

artifacts from the temple date back to various times during the greek-run ptolemaic dynasty, which lasted until 30 b.c.

神庙里的史前古物可以追溯到不同时代——从在希腊统治下埃及托勒密王朝到最近的公元前30年。