anachronism

anachronism音标

英 [əˈnækrənɪzəm]

美 [əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm]

anachronism基本释义

n.时代上的错误；被置错时代或年代的事物；不合潮流的人(物)

anachronism用法及例句

noun

1. an artifact that belongs to another time

2. a person who seems to be displaced in timewho belongs to another age

3. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Synonym: mistimingmisdating

1. 不合时代的事；过时现象You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.

e.g. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。

2. 时代错误，年代误植（指所叙人、事与时代不符的错误）An anachronism is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set.

e.g. The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.*后一段有一个时代错误。异端裁判所那时已经不存在了。

1. 不合时宜的：短暂的ephemeral ; transitory ; transient ; short-lived | 不合时宜的anachronism | 可持久的durable ; last a long time

2. 时代错误,与时代不合的事物：28. mundane 世俗的,现世的 | 29. erudite 博学的,饱学之士 | 30. anachronism 时代错误,与时代不合的事物

He had thought of Chevron as a dead thing, an anachronism, an exquisite survival..with its..servants and luxury.

出自：V. Sackville

She herself was a smoldering anachronism, a throwback to one of those ardent young women of the Sixties, Turgenev's heroines.

出自：M. McCarthy

Anachronisms in the script.., like penicillin and the atomic bomb.

出自：S. J. Perelman

近义词

临近词

holdover延期

relic神圣的遗物

survival幸存

leftover剩饭

misdating动词misdate的现在...

mistiming误时

archaism古语

anachronisms

anaemia

ana

相关列句

"NO freedom of speech" as a label is an anachronism in this era of Internet.(在这互联网时代，“抑制言论”这个标签显得与时代气息格格不入。)

The name is a misleading anachronism that dates from when secret meant private (" secretary "has the same derivation).(此名是个让人不解的年代错误，始于机密意味着私人的年代(秘书为同一派生)。)

A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone.(说古代就有计算机，就好像谈雅典娜通过手机叫外卖一样，似乎是不合时宜。)

Modern dress is an anachronism in productions of Shakespeare's plays.(在莎士比亚剧作演出中出现的现代服装，是弄错年代的东西。)

Some people say that marriage is an anachronism in 2002, but I still like the romantic ideal of being with one person for the rest of my life.(有人说结婚是2002年落伍的东西，不过我还是喜欢和一个人共度余生的浪漫观念。)

Other people interviewed simply said the ban was a silly anachronism and should be dropped forthwith.(被采访的其他人简短地说禁令不合时宜，应该立即废除。)

He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.(他发现一场关于穴居人的电影中的一个错误，一个狩猎的镜头上一架飞机划过地平线。)

Is it a pointless anachronism or an invaluable moral guide?(它是个无意义的时代倒错还是无价的道德指南？)

The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.(*后一段有一个年代错误。宗教裁判所那时已不复存在了。)

And he wanted Clifford to marry and produce an heir. Clifford felt his father was a hopeless anachronism.(他要克利福结婚，好生个嗣于，克利福觉得他的父亲是个不可救药的者顽固。)