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词汇 in-aspic
释义

in aspic


idiom
kept exactly the same as it was in the past, especially when this seems unreasonable:
The town seems to have been in aspic since the 1950s.
No academic curriculum can be set in aspic; universities must be open to change as new areas of knowledge develop.
Here is theatre preserved in aspic from 400 years ago, Shakespeare's time.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Old or old-fashioned
age-old
ageing
ancient
antediluvian
anti-progressive
fossilization
fossilize
fossilized
frumpy
fustily
outdate
outdated
outdatedly
outmoded
outworn
unmodernized
unmodish
unprogressive
unreconstructed
unsmart

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