| 词汇 | antiquated |
| 释义 | antiquated adjective uk /ˈæn.tɪ.kweɪ.tɪd/ us /ˈæn.t̬ə.kweɪ.t̬ɪd/ old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society: 陈旧的;过时的;老式的 It will take many years to modernize these antiquated industries.这些老工业实现现代化将需要很多年的时间。 Compared with modern satellite dishes, ordinary TV aerials look positively antiquated.和现代碟形卫星天线相比，普通的电视天线无疑是太过时了。 antiquated ideas/attitudes/values陈旧的观念／看法／价值观 antiquated laws/machinery/technology过时的法律／陈旧的机器／落伍的技术 Synonyms antediluvianhumorous archaic 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 outdatedMany hospitals struggle with outdated equipment and facilities.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ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily have had its/your dayidiom outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded outworn unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart antiquated | American Dictionaryantiquated adjective us/ˈæn·tɪˌkweɪ·t̬ɪd/ old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society: antiquated ideas/technology Examples of antiquatedantiquated Ten years after the peace accords, the judicial system remained weak, inefficient, antiquated, overly partisan, and subject to corruption. A book written on such hot topics always faces the danger of becoming antiquated within a few years. Critics found the relationship antiquated and open to exploitation by negligent landowners. Dismantling antiquated notions of prestige accents naturally follows. Formal language used in the settling of accounts does not always mean that the credit arrangements themselves were similarly antiquated. To many, his approach may seem antiquated with its heavy emphasis on the history of institutions. Due to a perpetuation of art that was antiquated and out of touch with the present, the classics were performed in empty opera houses. British society, in this vision, was hopelessly antiquated because it contained a monarchy and an aristocracy. Antiquated rules and country politics prevented it from happening. Modernization theory predicts that industrialization will challenge antiquated notions about women's role in society, increasing the number of women who enrol in school. These are all concepts familiar to the students of the region, although increasingly, they are acquiring an antiquated character due to rapid urbanization and other forms of socioeconomic change. On the other hand, the narrator's conviction that his father's political stand is based on sect and collective memory induces him to see him as archaic and antiquated. They identify a new class of banker-owners (armadores-banqueros), who quickly came to dominate the local shrimp fishery through the purchase of antiquated cooperative vessels at rock-bottom prices. Haemangiomas are generally categorised based on certain morphological characteristics, and antiquated terms such as 'strawberry' and 'cavernous' have been supplanted by more accurate terms such as 'superficial', 'deep' or 'mixed'. The courts have exercised a jurisdiction in the past to control tribunals, but they have been fettered by antiquated rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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