anachronism

anachronism

英 [ə'nækrə,nɪz(ə)m]
　　美 [ə'nækrənɪzəm]

n. 時代錯誤；不合潮流的人或物

中文詞源：

anachronism 時代錯誤

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

例句：

1. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
總統常常認為教會屬於落伍之物。

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代世界不合時宜。

3. The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.
最後一段有一個時代錯誤。異端裁判所那時已經不存在瞭。

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.
他對戲劇所體現的精神很感興趣,如果有助於強調一個觀點的話, 他並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.