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- anachronism
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- 复数: anachronisms
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不合时代的事;过时现象 You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
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The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。
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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.
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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。
- Noun
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1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
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2. an artifact that belongs to another time
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3. a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
- 1. He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.
- 他对戏剧所体现的精神很感兴趣,如果有助于强调一个观点的话,他并不反对有一两个时代错误。
来自《简明英汉词典》


