英和和英

読み方 さかのぼる

他動詞

1

（＝流れを溯る）to go up （a stream）

• 河を溯って水源を探る
  to trace a river to its source

2

（＝既往に溯る）to go back to （the past）; to retrace （the past）

用例

• 原因に溯る
  to retrace the cause―trace anything to its cause

• 本源に溯る
  to retrace the origin―trace anything to its origin
• 本源に溯って習慣の由来を尋ねる
  to trace a custom to its origin
• 人の系統を溯って先祖を調べる
  to trace a person's pedigree to his ancestor
• 太古に溯る
  to retrace remote antiquity
• 本源に溯る
  to trace anything to its source or origin
• 既往に溯る
  to go back to the past―retrace the past
• 法律に既往は溯らず
  The law does not look back on the past
  The law is not retrospective.
• 過去に溯る法律
  a retrospective law