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单词 archaic
释义
archaic
adjective
uk
/ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/us
/ɑːrˈkeɪ.ɪk/
of orbelongingto anancientperiodinhistory:
古老的，古代的；原始的
an archaicsystemofgovernment古老的政体
an archaiclaw/rule/language古代法律／法规／语言
Synonym
ancient
Opposites
modern(PRESENT)
up to date
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antiqueadjective
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
coming from a time in the past
  • oldBe careful - that clock is very old.
  • formerHe's a former coworker of mine.
  • ancientWe need to protect ancient monuments.
  • archaic"Thee" is an archaic word for "you".
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DISAPPROVING
extremelyold-fashioned:
Planned in the 1990s, thesystemwas archaic by thetimeit wasimplemented.
He has archaicideasabout women.
Synonyms
antediluvianhumorous
antiquated
old-fashionedmainlydisapproving
outdated
outmodeddisapproving
superannuatedformal
Opposites
modern(MOST RECENT)
up to date
More examples
  • TheOlympicsunitedthefiercelyindependentcity-states thatcharacterizedGreece in the archaicage.
  • Theydiscoveredhithertounknowntextsin archaicscripts.
  • Thecasestudycitestheproblemsinmappingarchaicscienceterminologytoappropriatecurrentterms.
  • How did suchbizarreand archaicideasmaketheirway intoeducationalpolicy?
  • Thebudgetarysystemswere archaic and over-complicated.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ancient history: before 500 AD
  • ancient
  • ancients
  • antiquity
  • Bactrian
  • Bronze Age
  • centurion
  • dolmen
  • Euphrates
  • gladiator
  • glyph
  • Grecian
  • Hellenic
  • mummy
  • necropolis
  • pharaoh
  • procurator
  • Qin dynasty
  • Romano-
  • Sanskrit
  • sarcophagus
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archaically
(Definition ofarchaicfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
archaic
adjective
uk
/ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/us
/ɑːrˈkeɪ.ɪk/
of orbelongingto anancientperiodinhistory
古老的，古代的；原始的
an archaicsystemofgovernment古老的政体
an archaiclaw/rule/language古代法律／法规／语言

archaic| American Dictionary

archaic
adjective
us
/ɑrˈkeɪ·ɪk/
of orbelongingto the past; from anancientperiodinhistory:
Somepeoplelike to show off by using archaic words.
(Definition ofarchaicfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofarchaic

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Both help the modern subject to discover and to appropriate its unconscious andarchaicdimension.
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The intrusion ofarchaicforms of narcissism, it is believed, is the source of anxiety disorders in the modern world.
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This makes them interesting model organisms for the study ofarchaicresistance mechanisms during real space exposure.
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Evans is able to account for these ' mutations ' by analyzing them as remnants of anarchaicgender system.
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But how unfair it would be to reduce computer science to thesearchaicmistakes.
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Inflected forms, dialect labels, and status labels (such as "non-standard," "archaic," and the new "offensive") are clear yet unobtrusive.
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However, problems arise when the mostarchaicpatterns in the daughter languages are not alike.
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Where the seeminglyarchaichay cart dominates the foreground, the painting's mid section depicts a synthesis of urban and pre-urban forms.
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The whole visit is made in a magical andarchaicatmosphere.
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Indeed, preliminary inventories of the general linguistic characteristics of the dialects reveals a plethora ofarchaicfeatures.
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As pointed out previously, educated speakers are more change-resisting than uneducated speakers, because of their familiarity with formal andarchaicvarieties of language.
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Most are weakly professionalised, and they have few resources andarchaicadministrative techniques.
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Rather, he identifies them archetypically, asarchaicman stands furthest from the mode of consciousness represented by modern, materialistic culture.
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All thesearchaicpeculiarities have been reproduced herein.
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A deeply moving architectural experience is simultaneouslyarchaicand refined, heavy and light, physical and spiritual.
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