antiquated
antiquated 英 [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd] 美 [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd]
adj. 过时的；陈旧的；年老的 v. 使古旧；废弃（antiquate的过去分词）
- Something is antiquated when it is so old that it is no longer useful. If your parents believe that you shouldn't use the Internet when you write papers for school, you might call their ideas antiquated.
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- adj. 过时的；陈旧的；年老的
- v. 使古旧；废弃（antiquate的过去分词）
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1. An antiquated law in place until 1996 protected local Georgia banking monopolies by making it difficult for a lender based in one of the state's 159 counties to open a branch in another.
直到1996年，仍有一项过时的法令使一个领导性银行很难在自己的地方之外的全州159个县开始分支机构。 想要以此来保护当地的银行垄断。
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2. Although politicians may have been more comfortable in a world where what was good for General Motors was good for America, that tended to lead to protectionism and antiquated working practices.
政客们习惯生活在一个这样的一个世界中：那些对通用汽车和美国有利的东西总会导致贸易保护主义和陈旧的工作习惯。
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3. Instead of replicating the antiquated phone network inside the web, let’s instead dramatically simplify telephony by adding voice on top of our social networks.
与其费力地在网络中复制过时的电话系统，还不如直接简化电话技术，在社交网站中添加语音功能。
- antiquated (adj.) 1620s, past-participle adjective from verb antiquate "make old or obsolete" (1590s), from Latin antiquatus, past participle of antiquare "restore to its ancient condition," in Late Latin "make old," from antiquus "ancient, of olden times; aged, venerable; old-fashioned" (see antique (adj.)). An older adjective in the same sense was antiquate (early 15c.), from Latin. Related: Antiquatedness.
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