anachronism

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暢通詞匯

復數(shù):?anachronisms;

anachronism 時代錯誤

前綴ana-, 向上，向后。詞根chron, 時間，見chronicle,編年史。

anachronism: anachronism: [17] The Greek prefix anameant ‘up’, and hence, in terms of time, ‘back’; Greek khrónos meant ‘time’ (as in English chronicle): hence Greek anakhronismós ‘reference to a wrong time’. From the point of view of its derivation it should strictly be applied to the representation of something as happening earlier than it really did (as if Christ were painted wearing a wristwatch), but in practice, ever since the Greek term’s adoption into English, it has also been used for things surviving beyond their due time.
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anachronism (n.): 1640s, "an error in computing time or finding dates," from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos, from anakhronizein "refer to wrong time," from ana- "against" (see ana-) + khronos "time" (see chrono-). Meaning "something out of harmony with the present" first recorded 1816.

1. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.: 總統(tǒng)常常認為教會屬于落伍之物。

2. The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.: 很多人認為君主制在現(xiàn)代世界不合時宜。

3. The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.: 最后一段有一個時代錯誤。異端裁判所那時已經(jīng)不存在了。

4. He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.: 他對戲劇所體現(xiàn)的精神很感興趣,如果有助于強調(diào)一個觀點的話, 他并不反對有一兩個時代錯誤.

5. The monarchy is seen by some as an anachronism in present - day society.: 君主政體在當今社會中被一些人視為是過時的制度.