【antediluvian】 - A-level备考词汇

antediluvian

UK:  [.æntidɪ'luːviən]

US:  [.æntidɪ'luviən]

n.

1.大洪水以前的人

2.老朽,时代落伍者

3.前积世

adj.

1.(《圣经》所说的)大洪水以前的

2.上古的,古风的,古老的,原始的

3.〔地〕前洪积世的

1 . The changes to the judiciary mean that antediluvian judges and prosecutors no longer stand in his way.
对司法部的改动意味着旧式的法官和检察官不在站在他这一边。

2 . It's not a nice mess, I'll allow. But it's been a-brewing and swallow it you must. You are antediluvian anyway, with your Nietzsche ideas.
我承认那种混乱不能算好，可它已经在酝酿，你只好把它囫囵吞下去。

3 . "a branch of one of your antediluvian families" (William Congreve).
“你们那些快老掉牙的家族中的一支”（威廉·康格里夫）。

4 . Its navy was antediluvian: mandarins tried to emulate Western paddle-steamers with junks propelled by coolies turning treadmills.
它的海军落后西方：洋务官员提出纷纷效仿西方有帆的桨轮船的推动力由苦力变成了踏步机。

5 . The libraries of the world are doomed to become museums, storage facilities for a form as antediluvian as cave paintings.
世上的图书馆注定要成为博物馆，里面陈列的书籍就像洞穴壁画一样被列为古董了。