【antiquity】 - A-level备考词汇

antiquity

UK:  [æn'tɪkwəti]

US:  [æn'tɪkwəti]

复数：antiquities  

n.

1.古代,古老,上古,久远,过去

2.古代的风俗[制度等]

3.古物,古迹,古代文物

4.原始状态;古老色彩;年湮日渺的往事

5.〔集合词〕古人

6.古旧

1 . Annoy people, and yet require them to die, to exhaust their strength, from antiquity till today has never been heard of.
给别人增添很多麻烦，而又要求人家为你效死尽力，是从古至今，没有听说过的。

2 . Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity.
大麻自远古以来就被作为药用。

3 . And now the standard of English in London compared to American English has great antiquity. The old mainly in terms of respect.
与现在标准的伦敦英语相比，美国英语具有很大的古老性｡其古老性主要表现在用词方面。

4 . A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone.
说古代就有计算机，就好像谈雅典娜通过手机叫外卖一样，似乎是不合时宜。

5 . One cannot even say that the subjects of antiquity's theory of knowledge did not realize that.
我们甚至不能说，古人的知识的理论，会没有体会到这一点。