单词 | anachronism |
释义 | anachronism /a'naekramzam; s'nsekrs,mr!sm/ n [C] 1 mistake in dating sth; sth out of date now or in a description of past events: 年代错误; 时代错误; 过时之事物; 对过去事件之叙述中与当时的时代不符的事物: In the sentence 'Julius Caesar looked at his wrist-watch and lifted the telephone receiver' there are two ~s. 在'凯撒看看他的手表,拿起电话听筒'这句话中,有两项与时代不符的事物。 2 person, custom, attitude, etc regarded (unfavourably) as out of date: 被视为过时 (不合时宜) 的人,习俗,态度等: Most young people in Britain regard Tory politicians who shoot grouse in Scotland as dreadful ~s. 大多数的英国青年认为在苏格兰射猎松鸡的保守党政要是讨厌的老古董。 anachronistic /dtnaekrs'mstik; snsekrs'mrUlc/ adj |
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