| 釋義 |
anachronism /a'naekramzam; s'nsekrs,mr!sm/ n [C] 1 mistake in dating sth; sth out of date now or in a description of past events: 年代錯誤; 時代錯誤; 過時之事物; 對過去事件之?dāng)⑹鲋信c當(dāng)時的時代不符的事物： In the sentence 'Julius Caesar looked at his wrist-watch and lifted the telephone receiver' there are two ~s. 在'凱撒看看他的手表，拿起電話聽筒'這句話中，有兩項與時代不符的事物。 2 person, custom, attitude, etc regarded (unfavourably) as out of date: 被視為過時 (不合時宜) 的人，習(xí)俗，態(tài)度等： Most young people in Britain regard Tory politicians who shoot grouse in Scotland as dreadful ~s. 大多數(shù)的英國青年認(rèn)為在蘇格蘭射獵松雞的保守黨政要是討厭的老古董。 anachronistic /dtnaekrs'mstik; snsekrs'mrUlc/ adj |