汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 追根溯源
追根溯源
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
同"追本溯源"。
zhuī gēn yuán
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

不可能通过历史追根溯源查出他是一个什么样的人。

It is impossible to trace out by history what kind of man he was.

其实,我们有必要把单词ostracize一直追根溯源到动物王国。

Ostracize is in fact a word that ultimately traces back to the animal kingdom.

福琛之前的植物学家对于茶叶追根溯源的尝试全都失败了。

Before Fortune, botanists had failed in their attempts to decode the formula for tea.

基本上这得从你有的知识概念中开始,从里面找出蛛丝马迹,然后追根溯源,直到你回到原点或者卡壳了!

From that you find a relationship between that idea and another idea. You continue doing this path until you get back where you started or reach a dead end.