ancients ['eɪnʃənts]

例句:

• The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.
  古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。
  
• The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
  古人认为地球飘浮在水里。
  
• This corroborative, young sir, was unknown to the ancients.
  年轻的先生, 这种强壮剂古人是不知道的.
  
• His paintings purport to show the domestic scenes...of the ancients.
  来自A. Robertson
• He was deeply read in the ancients.
  来自Henry Fielding
• This has an excellent precedent in the practices of the ancients.
  来自WSJ