a survival from somethingespecially British EnglishBrEREMAIN/BE LEFT something that has continued to exist from a much earlier period, especially when similar things have disappeared 某事物的残存物 [遗风,遗迹] SYN relic The cult is a survival from the old Zoroastrian religion. 这种膜拜仪式是古老的拜火教遗留下来的。
a survival from something• These were a survival from his army days and, therefore, some way from being sexually provocative.
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