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

anachronism

/əˈnakrəˌnɪz(ə)m

noun

1A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned: the town is a throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years...

But if these historic anachronisms are to survive beyond the very short term they must quickly find a social role and shed the haughty isolationism which has shielded them from commercial realities.
These groups would be at risk of becoming mere anecdotes; anachronisms of a bygone time and a lifestyle that is passing.
When a character in a novel set in the 15th century uses a word, ‘taboo,’ that did not enter any European language until the 18th century, the attentive reader begins to look for anachronisms.

1.1 [mass noun] The action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong: it is anachronism to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing...

He must also ask this question to avoid the error of anachronism (or ‘presentism’ as some historians call it).
It could help to deflect the usual charges of anachronism and unfamiliarity with the period.
The pejorative charge of anachronism as the inadmissible confusion of periods or eras presupposes that the accuser knows what the correct time of history is.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- 'backwards' + khronos 'time'.

An anachronism, something which is wrongly placed in a particular period, comes from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards or against’ and khronos ‘time’. The latter is the source of other time-related words such as chronicle (Middle English), chronometer (mid 18th century) a ‘time measurer’, chronological (mid 16th century), and synchronize (early 17th century) ‘to make the same time’. See also chronic

单词	anachronism
释义	anachronism /əˈnakrəˌnɪz(ə)m / noun 1A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned: the town is a throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years... But if these historic anachronisms are to survive beyond the very short term they must quickly find a social role and shed the haughty isolationism which has shielded them from commercial realities. These groups would be at risk of becoming mere anecdotes; anachronisms of a bygone time and a lifestyle that is passing. When a character in a novel set in the 15th century uses a word, ‘taboo,’ that did not enter any European language until the 18th century, the attentive reader begins to look for anachronisms. 1.1 [mass noun] The action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong: it is anachronism to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing... He must also ask this question to avoid the error of anachronism (or ‘presentism’ as some historians call it). It could help to deflect the usual charges of anachronism and unfamiliarity with the period. The pejorative charge of anachronism as the inadmissible confusion of periods or eras presupposes that the accuser knows what the correct time of history is. Origin Mid 17th century: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- 'backwards' + khronos 'time'. An anachronism, something which is wrongly placed in a particular period, comes from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards or against’ and khronos ‘time’. The latter is the source of other time-related words such as chronicle (Middle English), chronometer (mid 18th century) a ‘time measurer’, chronological (mid 16th century), and synchronize (early 17th century) ‘to make the same time’. See also chronic
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