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anachronism [əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm]

n. 时代错误; 不合时代的事,过时的事或人;
复数:: anachronisms

例句:

  • Some see the Committee as an unimportant anachronism.
    来自BBC
  • The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
    总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。
  • The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.
    很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
  • The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.
    最后一段有一个时代错误。异端裁判所那时已经不存在了。
  • Hancock wasn't such an anachronism, as it turns out.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • The licence fee was meant to be revealed as an unnecessary anachronism.
    来自BBC