a·nach·ro·nism
noun/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
- [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。
- The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.
- [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
- The book is full of anachronisms which suggests there were parts rewritten in later centuries.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards’ + khronos ‘time’.