Historic or Historical?

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Question: I am not sure about the difference between 'historical' and 'historic'. Could you please tell me how to use the two words correctly? Thank you. (Way)
Way 想知道 historic 和 historical 這兩個(gè)詞的區(qū)別,。這兩個(gè)詞都是形容詞,，而且都有“歷史的”意思，那區(qū)別到底是什么呢,？

Answer:
Well, historical is a very general word. Any single thing, or group of things, that are related to history, can be described as historical. Here are two people talking about their travel plans.
Examples:
We’ll spend the afternoon visiting the historical buildings in the old town. Then we’ll have lunch.

How long does it take to get there?
Nearly 4 hours. Don’t forget to bring something to read.
I will – I’ve got a couple of historical novels I want to finish.
Oh, historical fiction? I like that too.

上面的例子里單詞 historical 指的是和歷史有關(guān)的或是歷史上出現(xiàn)過的人或事,。比如說，歷史建筑 historical buildings,，歷史小說 historical fiction,。 好，我們再來看一下單詞 historic。

So while historical is used very generally, the word historic has a very specific sense. We say something is historic when we want to emphasise that it is very special, important, unique or unforgettable in our history.

單詞 historic 常用來表示歷史上一件難忘的,、有名的,、重要的、獨(dú)特的東西,。那重大事件呢,？

Both! We can talk about historic days, historic meetings, historic places, historic moments. Here’s a tour guide to give us some examples.
Example:
And here are the steps from which the president made his historic announcement. And at the top of the steps, the historic silver gate is over 400 years old. It’s the only one of its kind that survives today.

上面例子中提到了一個(gè)歷史性的公告 a historic announcement， 還有發(fā)表這個(gè)公告的地點(diǎn)一扇歷史性的銀門 a historic silver gate,。 好了,，我們來總結(jié)一下這兩個(gè)單詞的使用方法：在使用這兩個(gè)詞的時(shí)候，記�,。�historical 來描述一般的歷史事件或與歷史有關(guān)的東西,；用 historic 來形容一個(gè)具體的歷史事件,。
Yes. Historical is general, historic is specific. Or you can look at it this way: if something is historical, it happened in the past. If something is historic, it happened in the past and it’s very important.

區(qū)分這兩個(gè)詞的最好方法就是記住 historical 描述過去發(fā)生的一件事情,；用historic 描述過去發(fā)生的、并且非常重要的事件,。（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)）