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anachronous

/uh-nak-ruh-nuhs/US // əˈnæk rə nəs //

不合时宜的,不合时宜,不符合时代精神的,不合时宜的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : misplaced in time; anachronistic.

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Examples

  • I like them to stalk, like the ghosts that they are—our modern passioning seems a bit anachronous in them.

  • There need be nothing anachronous or archæological about a performance of Œdipus at Covent Garden.

  • Ducks also in mid-May serried the skies in utterly anachronous skeins—reminiscent of winter.

  • The bill was, however, returned “Ignoramus,” and the use of the name was probably anachronous.