| 词汇 | behind-the-times |
| 释义 | behind the timesidiom C1 If someone or something is behind the times, they are old-fashioned.落后于时代，过时 typical of the past; not modern old-fashionedHe's very old-fashioned and thinks that women should not work outside the home. antiquatedThe school wants to update its antiquated computer system. datedThe hotel's decor is starting to look dated. outdatedMany hospitals struggle with outdated equipment and facilities. quaintThe area is full of quaint little villages. antiqueShe gave me an antique bedcover her great aunt made. Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily have had its/your dayidiom outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded outworn unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart Examples of behind the timesbehind the times The robot is a century behindthetimes. The new progressivism identifies vice with being behindthetimes, by failing to domesticate the natural. Many of the references to relevant work in fluid mechanics look rather old, and the discussion of computer-generated numerical solutions is clearly behindthetimes. It rather looks as though we are reviving a scheme already 100 years behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are innovating here and there is no reason why we should not be behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These departments are not worse than others, where the procedure in vogue is generations behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are behindthetimes now it is no good their objecting because we have been concerned with the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From this point of view we are slightly behindthetimes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English So she is a little behindthetimes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I think we are all aware that we are seriously behindthetimes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Both instructors and machinery tend to fall behindthetimes when events are moving as rapidly as they are now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, any reference to public exchanges was a little behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Compared with the local authority houses they are 50 years behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is probably not aware that those wages councils were very tiny and behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even in 1913 they were a bit behindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of behind the times These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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