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基本釋義

adj.
古代的; 古老的
n.
古人

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

the area where the market was anciently held (= in ancient times)

古代集市所在地

牛津詞典

an ancient oak tree

古橡樹

牛津詞典

ancient monuments

古跡

牛津詞典

(humorous)He's ancient─he must be at least fifty!

他老得很了——肯定至少有五十歲!

牛津詞典

ancient history/civilization

古代史 / 文明

牛津詞典

ancient Greece

古希臘

牛津詞典

They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.

他們認(rèn)為古代希臘羅馬是知識的重要發(fā)源地。

...ancient Jewish tradition.

古老的猶太傳統(tǒng)

...ancient fishing rights.

由來已久的捕魚權(quán)

The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.

古代人對于上天比我們知道得多。

The ancient painting was purchased for 50,000 francs in 1989.

那幅古畫是1989年以5萬法郎買下的.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Confucius is considered the greatest of the ancient Chinese sages.

孔子被認(rèn)為是古代中國最偉大的圣人.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Some ancient towns have walls round them.

有些古老的城市周圍有城墻.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The ancient pagoda is still there, but not in its integrity.

那座古塔還在, 但是不完整了.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

My grandparents are rather ancient.

我爺爺奶奶都是老壽星.

《簡明英漢詞典》

That ancient temple looked well cared for.

那座古廟看來保存得很好.

《簡明英漢詞典》

According to ancient legend, the river is a goddess.

據(jù)古代傳說, 這條河是位女神.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The ancient people who was successful, not only had exceptional talent but also had unflinching will.

古人立大事者, 不惟有超世之才,亦必有望忍不拔之志.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Climbing plants had grown over the walls, giving the building an appearance much more ancient than it was.

攀緣植物爬滿了墻壁, 使這棟建筑物顯得更加古老.

《簡明英漢詞典》

This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.

這石斧是古代的遺物.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Mary does her hair after the ancient Greek fashion.

瑪麗仿照古希臘的式樣做頭發(fā).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Many conquered nations had to pay tribute to the rulers of ancient Rome.

許多被征服的國家必須向古羅馬的統(tǒng)治者朝貢.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

These magnificent ancient buildings demonstrate the great intelligence of the labouring people.

這些壯麗的古代建筑顯示了勞動人民的高度智慧.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art.

敦煌壁畫是我國古代藝術(shù)中的瑰寶.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

真題例句

There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans, Soupios says.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Instead, Soupios says, ancient wisdom urges us to do good.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

I think that things have become very gloomy these days, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry .

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

But unlike the modern definition of Epicureanism as a life of indulgence and luxury, for the ancient Greeks, it meant finding a state of calm, peace and mental ease.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Ancient philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes across rivers.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

2017年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

"This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans," Soupios says.

2016年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

In his teenage years, Careme fashioned eatable copies of the late 18th century's most famous buildings—cookies in the shape of ruins of ancient Athens and pies in the shape of ancient Chinese palaces and temples Sylvain Bailly.

2018年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom up-to-date.

2018年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Now, researchers at New Mexico State University preserving this discovery, which was identified as an ancient elephant-like animal.

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater.

2018年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on living a Good life.

2016年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently.

2019年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2017年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

This week, the resident exhibition is a display of ancient wall paintings on loan from Australia.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

Within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

It made an ancient dream come true.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

They help people understand ancient wisdom.

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks,who believed humor to be essentially aggressive.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

What did ancient Greeks think of humor

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

But look at it, it's awful, the paint has peeled off and carpet is worn and the stove is ancient.

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

It is a language that has its origin in ancient Polish.

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

Russian and American spacecraft also found hints that its ancient climate might have been wetter, cooler, and possibly, even friendly to life.

2019年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

The complex style of the medieval wooden church carvings and the skills used to make them almost certainly to derive from the ancient Viking tradition.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist.

2017年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Athens, the Athens of ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and was never to have it again.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect a deep interest in romance among the artists.

2015年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文

In ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.

2015年高考英語重慶卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Life for ancient people seemed to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.

2015年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文

Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way using the sun and the stars.

2015年高考英語重慶卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, even a book on the history of iraq that is seven hundred years old.

2017年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

Perry incorrectly suggested, on the basis of inadequate information, that farming, pottery making, and metallurgy all originated in ancient Egypt and diffused throughout the world.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

He was searching for tiny engraved seals attributed to the ancient Mycenaean culture that dominated Greece from the 1400s to 1200s BC.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

"The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

"The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.

2017年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.

2020年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya City of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

2014年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;

    "ancient history"

    "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"

    "ancient Greece"

  • 2. very old;

    "an ancient mariner"

同義詞辨析

ancient, old, antique

這些形容詞均含"古代的,古老的"之意。

  • ancient:指很久以前發(fā)生或存在的事物。用于描述歷史時,指遠(yuǎn)古時代。
  • old:指長期以來一直存在著的事物,與times連用指古代,與days連用時指從前或舊社會。
  • antique:指已經(jīng)很古老或頗有古風(fēng)的事物,一般都具有較高價值。

同義詞

adj.老的,舊的,年老的

elderlyagedoldarchaicantique

反義詞

adj.古代的

modern

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