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单词 anachronism
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a·nach·ro·nism

noun
/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
  1. [countable] a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present过时的人(或风俗、思想)
    • The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
    • She said nuclear weapons were an anachronism in the post cold war era.她说核武器在后冷战时代是不合时宜的。
  2. [countable, uncountable] something that is placed, for example in a book or play, in the wrong period of history; the fact of placing something in the wrong period of history弄错年代的事物;年代错误
    • The book is full of anachronisms which suggests there were parts rewritten in later centuries.这本书充满了时代错误,这表明有些部分是在后来的几个世纪里重写的。
    • the charges of anachronism levelled against the film对这部电影提出的不合时宜的指控
    Topics Historyc2
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards’ + khronos ‘time’.
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