| 单词 | behind the times |
| 释义 | behind the timesC1 If someone or something is behind thetimes, they areold-fashioned. 落后于时代，过时typical of the past; not modern
Old or old-fashioned
Examplesofbehind the timesbehind the times The robot is a centurybehindthetimes. From theCambridge English Corpus The new progressivism identifies vice with beingbehindthetimes, by failing to domesticate the natural. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of the references to relevant work in fluid mechanics look rather old, and the discussion of computer-generated numerical solutions is clearlybehindthetimes. From theCambridge English Corpus It rather looks as though we are reviving a scheme already 100 yearsbehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are innovating here and there is no reason why we should not bebehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These departments are not worse than others, where the procedure in vogue is generationsbehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they arebehindthetimesnow 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 From this point of view we are slightlybehindthetimes. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English So she is a littlebehindthetimes. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I think we are all aware that we are seriouslybehindthetimes. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Both instructors and machinery tend to fallbehindthetimeswhen events are moving as rapidly as they are now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, any reference to public exchanges was a littlebehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Compared with the local authority houses they are 50 yearsbehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is probably not aware that those wages councils were very tiny andbehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even in 1913 they were a bitbehindthetimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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