anachronism

• n. 時代錯誤；不合潮流的人或物

前綴ana-, 向上，向後。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.
=> chronicle

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.

總統常常認為教會屬於落伍之物。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.

很多人認為君主製在現代世界不合時宜。

來自《權威詞典》

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了。

來自柯林斯例句

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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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製度.

來自辭典例句