The problems with the nation's cuisine can be traced back to the Second World War.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
英语六级真题
The origins, though not the cause of Ebola-Sudan, can be traced back to a single individual in a Sudanese town.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
追溯;查考;探索
If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed.
If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely.