antediluvian
- adj.古老的;早已过时的;十分老式的
- n.大洪水以前的人;时代落伍者
noun
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- a very old person
- Synonym: ancient
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- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- Synonym: antediluvian patriarch
adj
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- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
- antediluvian ideas
- archaic laws
- Synonym: antiquated archaic
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- of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- antediluvian man
- Synonym: antediluvial
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This antediluvian monetary system has now been replaced by the up-to-date monetary system of Japan .
这种旧式的金融体系也已经被现代化的日本系统所取代。
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Their production techniques are positively antediluvian by modern standards .
按现代标准来看,他们的生产技术确实是太陈旧了。
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Even so , pizza 's roots go back to the antediluvian times .
但即使如此,比萨饼的根源可追溯至古老的时代。
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Old women with antediluvian ideas still ruled the roost .
思想落伍的老妪们仍在当家作主。
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The arts of the Chu State is an antediluvian China 's unique phenomenon with southern culture and artistic styles .
楚美术是我国上古时期具有南方文化品格的艺术事象。
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Critics lambasted the firm for an antediluvian attitude towards the workplace .
批评者则猛烈抨击,认为雅虎公司对工作场所的认知过时了。
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These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me .
对我而言,这些知识犹如开启上古世界宝藏的一把把钥匙。
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If Googleexecutives mapped out their new corporate structure on something as antediluvian as a white board , they could stick a gold frame around it .
如果谷歌(Google)高管在传统的白板上画出新的企业架构,他们可以裱一个金框。
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His ideas are positively antediluvian !
他的思想是纯粹的老古董!
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A ramshackle antediluvian tenement ; antediluvian ideas ; archaic laws .
一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋;陈旧的思想;古代法律。
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The Chinese language itself is essentially antediluvian , and to overtake it requires the lifetime of a Methusaleh .
中国语言本身,在本质上也是大洪水前的,需要玛士撒拉用一辈子的时间去学习。
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I have touched a complete Book in the tomb of an Antediluvian , and watched it crumble to dust .
我有精神失常的一完全的书在坟墓中一大洪水前的,和看它崩溃到灰尘。
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Instead , all my efforts did was teach me exactly why the proud , antediluvian print-journalism companies are in financial trouble .
相反,我付出的所有努力确切地让我明白为什么辉煌而古老的新闻出版公司会陷入金融困境。
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After all , even the antediluvian computers then available had brought on a great deal of abuse from some who saw their jobs ( and their dignity ) in jeopardy .
毕竟即便那时候老掉牙的计算机都会引发感到自己的工作(和尊严)处于危险中的那些人们的谩骂。
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As the footstone and an important part of the whole language system , the studies of common words are necessary conditions of exploring how to make the transition from the antediluvian Chinese to modern Chinese and how the modern Chinese build up .
常用词是整个语言系统的基石、重要的组成部分,对它们的研究是探索上古汉语到近代汉语如何过渡、探索近代汉语的逐步形成过程的必然条件。
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In the spring there was the guy12 years older than me who shared an apartment overlooking Tompkins Square Park with an antediluvian man who walked around in graying long underwear .
到了今天春天是一个比我年长12岁、和一位穿着褪色长内裤的“古风”派男子共住在一间俯视Tompkins广场公园的家伙。
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Inspired by a multi-touch display Steve Jobs encountered in the early 2000s , the first iPhone made competition like the BlackBerry ( BBRY ) look downright antediluvian with a striking industrial design that paired mostly aluminum and scratch-resistant glass .
第一代iPhone的灵感来自于史蒂夫•乔布斯在21世纪初接触到的多点触控屏幕,它用令人惊叹的工业设计、铝制机身和防刮屏幕,让黑莓(BlackBerry)等竞争对手看起来成了彻头彻尾的老古董。
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Both belong to Quill - he tells the chick , who enters with bed hair and not much else , that he forgot she was even there - and they suggest that however futuristic the movie may be , its sexual politics and worldview are antediluvian .
两人都属于奎尔,他告诉那个头发凌乱、近乎赤裸地走进来的姑娘,他忘记了她还在这儿——这显示出这部影片虽然可能有着未来主义风格,但片中的性政治和世界观还是老一套