Word · Frequency #25882
backdated
倒填日期；把…的日期填早
backdated is the past of backdate.
to assign a date to a document that is earlier than the actual or current date
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To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
在文件上填写比实际日期更早的日期。
在文件上填写比实际日期更早的日期。；写上比实际早的日期；回溯
In use
The contract was backdated to the beginning of the month.
They decided to backdate the invoice to avoid a late fee.
The manager is backdating the approval form right now.
backdate sth
backdate 是及物动词，宾语常为发票、合同、支票等文件。
They backdated the invoice.
他们倒填了发票上的日期。
backdate sth to sth
用 to 引出所填写的更早的具体日期。
She backdated the letter to Monday.
她把信上的日期倒填到星期一。
be backdated by + 时间段
by 后接倒填的时间长度；被动结构在涉及文件或付款时很常用。
The check was backdated by two weeks.
这张支票的日期被倒填了两周。
Verb forms
base backdate · third person backdates · -ing backdating · past backdated · past participle backdated
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
Please backdate the invoice to next Monday.Please postdate the invoice to next Monday.
backdate 表示把日期填为早于当前/真实日期；若要填为未来日期，应改用 postdate。
The contract backdated to last month.The contract was backdated to last month.
backdate 是及物动词，必须带宾语；此处契约是被倒填日期，所以要加 be 构成被动语态 was backdated。
Connections
Collocations
- backdate a document
- 倒填文件日期
- She backdated the document to last Monday.她把文件日期倒填到上周一。
- backdate a check
- 在支票上填写较早日期
- He backdated the check by three days.他把支票日期倒填了三天。
- backdate an application
- 倒填申请日期
- The office refuses to backdate applications.办公室拒绝倒填申请日期。
- backdate to
- 将日期倒填至
- The contract was backdated to January 1st.合同日期被倒填至1月1日。
- backdate the payment
- 倒填付款日期
- They backdated the payment to cover the delay.他们倒填付款日期以弥补延误。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
back（往回）+date（日期），想象把日历往回翻，在文件上填上更早的日期。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：contracts、payroll、legal documents 该词通常用于合同、法律文件和薪资结算等书面语境，日常口语中较少出现；没有强烈的正式或非正式色彩，属于中性词。
Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如 be backdated to
Pronunciation & Spelling
date、update、predate、postdate、sedate 都以拼写 -date 结尾，其 -date 读 /deɪt/（sedate 意思与日期无关）。late 的拼写以 -ate 结尾，读 /leɪt/，与 date 的 /deɪt/ 押韵。注意 backdate 的标注重音在第一个音节 back 上（/'bækdeɪt/），所以 -date 不重读，严格说 backdate 与 date/late 并不完全押韵；另外 back 要读 /bæk/，不要读成 /beɪk/（如 bake）。
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