英语词汇“anachronistic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINanachronism

Origin:

1600-1700 Probably from Medieval Greek anachronismos, from Greek ana- ‘back’ + chronos ‘time’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office.
The law on mining is simply an anachronism in this day and age.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Compound interest and present-value tables have rapidly become anachronisms.
He often expressed his conviction that a closed society is an anachronism in a global society.
Isn't the school just an anachronism?
Kinton was a ridiculous, out-dated anachronism, perhaps, but no more of an anachronism than Mabel herself.
The hostel was named Rameses Villa; a charming anachronism.
The idea of the great house as a pattern for everyone is already an anachronism in the mind of Sir Leicester.
There are anachronisms and incongruities over what properly appertains to a given age or nation.

Longman Language Activatorextremely old-fashioned► medieval

extremely old-fashioned and therefore annoying: · The plumbing in this house is medieval!positively medieval (=very medieval): · This so-called accounting system is positively medieval.

► out of the ark

British informal extremely old-fashioned: · Their washing machine looks like it came out of the ark.· Her views on social policy are embarrassing -- really out of the ark.

► dinosaur

a system, organization etc that is very old-fashioned and large and cannot continue to exist in the modern world: · The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.· The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago.

► anachronism

something such as an organization or custom that belongs to a time in the past, and therefore appears very strange in the modern world: · The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office.

► archaic

use this about something that was used a long time ago but which is now considered too old-fashioned and needs replacing: · The text was full of archaic spellings.· The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic.

► Dickensian

buildings, conditions etc that are Dickensian are extremely old-fashioned and below acceptable standards, for example because they are dangerous or unhealthy: · They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water.positively Dickensian: · The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian.

► the dark ages

use this to talk about a society, system, or way of thinking that is extremely old-fashioned, especially in its social attitudes: · Huge amounts of aid will be needed if this society is ever to drag itself out of the dark ages.· My brother still doesn't like the idea of having a woman boss - he's stuck in the dark ages!

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► become

· Their form of mutual ownership has become an anachronism.· Compound interest and present-value tables have rapidly become anachronisms.· But Johnson may have sensed that he was becoming an anachronism and that a new era of professional management was at hand.

单词	anachronistic
释义	anachronisma‧nach‧ro‧nis‧m /əˈnækrənɪzəm/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINanachronism Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from Medieval Greek anachronismos, from Greek ana- ‘back’ + chronos ‘time’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office. The law on mining is simply an anachronism in this day and age. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Compound interest and present-value tables have rapidly become anachronisms. He often expressed his conviction that a closed society is an anachronism in a global society. Isn't the school just an anachronism? Kinton was a ridiculous, out-dated anachronism, perhaps, but no more of an anachronism than Mabel herself. The hostel was named Rameses Villa; a charming anachronism. The idea of the great house as a pattern for everyone is already an anachronism in the mind of Sir Leicester. There are anachronisms and incongruities over what properly appertains to a given age or nation. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorextremely old-fashioned► medieval extremely old-fashioned and therefore annoying: · The plumbing in this house is medieval!positively medieval (=very medieval): · This so-called accounting system is positively medieval. ► out of the ark British informal extremely old-fashioned: · Their washing machine looks like it came out of the ark.· Her views on social policy are embarrassing -- really out of the ark. ► dinosaur a system, organization etc that is very old-fashioned and large and cannot continue to exist in the modern world: · The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.· The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago. ► anachronism something such as an organization or custom that belongs to a time in the past, and therefore appears very strange in the modern world: · The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office. ► archaic use this about something that was used a long time ago but which is now considered too old-fashioned and needs replacing: · The text was full of archaic spellings.· The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic. ► Dickensian buildings, conditions etc that are Dickensian are extremely old-fashioned and below acceptable standards, for example because they are dangerous or unhealthy: · They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water.positively Dickensian: · The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian. ► the dark ages use this to talk about a society, system, or way of thinking that is extremely old-fashioned, especially in its social attitudes: · Huge amounts of aid will be needed if this society is ever to drag itself out of the dark ages.· My brother still doesn't like the idea of having a woman boss - he's stuck in the dark ages! Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► become · Their form of mutual ownership has become an anachronism.· Compound interest and present-value tables have rapidly become anachronisms.· But Johnson may have sensed that he was becoming an anachronism and that a new era of professional management was at hand. 1someone or something that seems to belong to the past, not the present: The monarchy is something of an anachronism these days.2something in a play, film etc that seems wrong because it did not exist in the period of history in which the play etc is set: The film is full of anachronisms.—anachronistic /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk◂/ adjective: His painting style was seen as outdated and anachronistic.
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