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anachronism

noun
🔊/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
🔊/əˈnækrənɪzəm/
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  1. [countable] a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present过时的人（或风俗、思想）
    • The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。🔊🔊
    • She said nuclear weapons were an anachronism in the post cold war era.她说，核武器在冷战后时代是不合时宜的。
  2. [countable, uncountable] something that is placed, for example in a book or play, in the wrong period of history; the fact of placing something in the wrong period of history弄错年代；时代错误
    • The book is full of anachronisms which suggests there were parts rewritten in later centuries.这本书充满了过时现象，这表明在后来的几个世纪中有部分内容被重写。
    • the charges of anachronism levelled against the film与电影不合时宜的指控
    Topics Historyc2
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards’ + khronos ‘time’.