anachronistic
anachronistic 英 [əˌnækrə'nɪstɪk] 美 [əˌnækrə'nɪstɪk]
adj. 时代错误的
- Something that's old-fashioned and maybe a little out of place is anachronistic, like a clunky black rotary-dial telephone sitting on a desk beside a sleek new smart-phone (or whatever the new technology is when you read this).
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- adj. 时代错误的
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1. Don't be anachronistic; don't think back into the ancient text something that actually arose later.
不要犯时代错误，不要把之后发生的事情,想回到古代经文里去。
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2. One of their cabinet posts, secretary of state for Scotland, has been anachronistic since powers were devolved to Edinburgh in 1998.
一个内阁发布了苏格兰的国务大臣在1998年将权利转移到爱丁堡是一个时代错误。
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3. He only owns one shirt -- the one he wore for the first time on the day of his marriage -- and it has an anachronistic plastic collar.
他只有一件西装——是在他结婚那天第一次穿的那件——它有一颗有时代印记的塑料纽扣。
- anachronistic (adj.) "erroneous in date, involving anachronism," 1775; see anachronism + -istic.
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