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antiquated adj.陈旧的；过时的；古老的；废弃的动词antiquate的过去式和过去分词. (1) 一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。(2) 他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化，结果劳而无功。(3) 这个办法现在已经有点过时了。(4) 在这座古老的热水锅炉产生的水蒸汽中隐隐约约可以看到那个男仆的影子。 Something is antiquated when it is so old, it's like an antique or recognizable from another era and has the negative feel of being thoroughly outmoded. Things like typewriters, sealing wax for letters, and ideas of proper etiquette all seem antiquated in modern society. Currently, things get antiquated ever faster — 5-inch floppy disks for computers and dial-up modems were very modern fifteen years ago, but now they're antiquated.

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英 ['æntɪkweɪtɪd] 美 ['æntɪkweɪtɪd] (1) A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding.(2) They attempted to modernise these antiquated industries, but in vain.(3) The method is already slightly antiquated.(4) The butler was almost invisible in the stream of an antiquated geyser. Something is antiquated when it is so old that it is no longer useful. If your parents believe that you shouldn't use the Internet when you write papers for school, you might call their ideas antiquated. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陈旧的；老式的；过时的 If you describe something as antiquated, you are criticizing it because it is very old or old-fashioned.   [disapproval]Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving...很多工厂过于陈旧落后，已不值得挽救。Do we really want a return to an antiquated system of privilege and elitism?我们真的想回归到一种特权和精英政治的过时制度中吗？

英语单词	antiquated
英美音标	英 ['æntɪkweɪtɪd] 美 ['æntɪkweɪtɪd]
中文释义	adj.陈旧的；过时的；古老的；废弃的动词antiquate的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句	(1) A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding. (2) They attempted to modernise these antiquated industries, but in vain. (3) The method is already slightly antiquated. (4) The butler was almost invisible in the stream of an antiquated geyser.
中文例句	(1) 一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。 (2) 他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化，结果劳而无功。 (3) 这个办法现在已经有点过时了。 (4) 在这座古老的热水锅炉产生的水蒸汽中隐隐约约可以看到那个男仆的影子。
vocabulary简明	Something is antiquated when it is so old that it is no longer useful. If your parents believe that you shouldn't use the Internet when you write papers for school, you might call their ideas antiquated.
vocabulary扩展	Something is antiquated when it is so old, it's like an antique or recognizable from another era and has the negative feel of being thoroughly outmoded. Things like typewriters, sealing wax for letters, and ideas of proper etiquette all seem antiquated in modern society. Currently, things get antiquated ever faster — 5-inch floppy disks for computers and dial-up modems were very modern fifteen years ago, but now they're antiquated.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陈旧的；老式的；过时的 If you describe something as antiquated, you are criticizing it because it is very old or old-fashioned. [disapproval] Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving... 很多工厂过于陈旧落后，已不值得挽救。 Do we really want a return to an antiquated system of privilege and elitism? 我们真的想回归到一种特权和精英政治的过时制度中吗？

Antiquated Ideas Things Modern 英 æntɪkweɪtɪd] 美 æntɪkweɪtɪd Adj.陈旧的；过时的；古老的；废弃的