| 单词 | anachronism |
| 释义 | anachronism (ənækrənɪzəm ) Word forms: anachronisms 1. countable noun You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism. 2. countable noun 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. I noticed repeated linguistic anachronisms, which occur in every episode. Collocations: become an anachronism At least one department has decreed that the form of address has become an anachronism. Times, Sunday Times In 1967 the trio accepted that they had become an anachronism and broke up. Times, Sunday Times The term microcomputer has practically become an anachronism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In any event, income and property qualifications for the electoral roll had become an anachronism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was argued by these parties that the position had become an anachronism in the modern multi-party environment, and that the days of a united opposition bloc were gone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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