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英语单词 relic
英美音标 ['relik]
中文释义 n.遗物,遗迹,废墟,纪念物
vocab简明 A relic is a fragment from the past — one of Elvis's guitars, an ancient piece of pottery or even an outmoded way of thinking -– that remains behind. Your dad might love his old albums, but to you, they're just relics.
vocab扩展 The noun relic is derived from relinquere, Latin for "to leave behind." A crumbling Roman wall is a relic of a once-great civilization. The superstition that seven years of bad luck will follow if you break a mirror may be a relic of the old superstition that a mirror can trap the souls of those reflected in it. Whether it's an object or an idea, a relic is a remnant of the past. Religious relics are items, such as Buddha’s tooth or St. Anne’s wrist bone, that have been preserved and venerated.
真题原句 Hawaiian culture is not a relic of the past; it is a living culture undergoing a renaissance today.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]遗物;遗迹;纪念物 If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.
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  • The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders...

    这座塔是那些灰暗岁月的遗迹,那时大房子不得不被加固,以抵御侵略者。

  • Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed...

    德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。

  • He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.

    他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](有历史价值的)遗物,遗迹,遗址 A relic is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.
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  • ...a museum of war relics.

    战争遗迹纪念馆

  • ...ancient Egyptian relics.

    古埃及遗迹

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]圣物;圣骨 A relic is the body of a saint or something else associated with a saint, which some people regard as holy.
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