N-COUNT 不合时代的事;过时现象 You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism. 总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。
N-COUNT 时代错误,年代误植(指所叙人、事与时代不符的错误) An anachronism is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set.
The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time. 最后一段有一个时代错误。异端裁判所那时已经不存在了。
These anachronisms have survived only in Belgium. 这种穿越之酒现在只有在比利时才能找得到。
It would leave us stranded in a world we no longer understand even as spectators, walking anachronisms who have outlived themselves. 它让人滞留在一个早已经不属于自己的世界,一个自己即使作为旁观者也无法理解的世界。
The ages live in history through their anachronisms. 时代通过他们的颠倒错乱存在于历史中。
They are anachronisms in a changing world. 他们是变化的世界中不合时宜的人。