an·ti·quat·ed
adjective/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
(usually disapproving)- (of things or ideas) old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions
synonym outdated过时的;陈旧的 - antiquated legal procedures
过时的法律程序 - The antiquated heating system barely heats the larger rooms.
这套供热系统太陈旧了,对大一点的房间几乎不起作用。 - The committee has recommended that all antiquated legal procedures should be simplified.
委员会建议所有过时的法律程序都应简化。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘old, of long standing’): from ecclesiastical Latin antiquare ‘make old’, from antiquus, anticus ‘former, ancient’, from ante ‘before’. - antiquated legal procedures