| 释义 |
anach·ro·nism
\əˈnakrəˌnizəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronizein to spend time, continue, linger, from chronos time + -izein -ize
1. : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
< two of the rulers mentioned … are otherwise unknown but there is no glaring anachronism in the names that can be tested — F.M.Stenton >
2. : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one that belongs to a former age and is incongruous if found in the present
< born a thousand years … too late and an anachronism in this culminating century of civilization — Jack London >
< felt … that an absolute monarchy was an anachronism for a civilized country — Kenneth Lawson > |