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ancient

英[ˈeɪnʃənt]
美[ˈeɪnʃənt]

基本释义

  • adj.古代的; 古老的
  • n.古人

词性变化

实用例句

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

古代集市所在地

牛津词典

an ancient oak tree

古橡树

牛津词典

ancient monuments

古迹

牛津词典

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

他老得很了——肯定至少有五十岁!

牛津词典

ancient history/civilization

古代史 / 文明

牛津词典

ancient Greece

古希腊

牛津词典

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

他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。

...ancient Jewish tradition.

古老的犹太传统

...ancient fishing rights.

由来已久的捕鱼权

The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.

古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

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

那幅古画是1989年以5万法郎买下的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Confucius is considered the greatest of the ancient Chinese sages.

孔子被认为是古代中国最伟大的圣人.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Some ancient towns have walls round them.

有些古老的城市周围有城墙.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

那座古塔还在, 但是不完整了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

My grandparents are rather ancient.

我爷爷奶奶都是老寿星.

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That ancient temple looked well cared for.

那座古庙看来保存得很好.

《简明英汉词典》

According to ancient legend, the river is a goddess.

据古代传说, 这条河是位女神.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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

攀缘植物爬满了墙壁, 使这栋建筑物显得更加古老.

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This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.

这石斧是古代的遗物.

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Mary does her hair after the ancient Greek fashion.

玛丽仿照古希腊的式样做头发.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

许多被征服的国家必须向古罗马的统治者朝贡.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

这些壮丽的古代建筑显示了劳动人民的高度智慧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art.

敦煌壁画是我国古代艺术中的瑰宝.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

真题例句

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月听力原文

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月阅读原文

"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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

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

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

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

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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月四级真题(第三套)阅读 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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

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

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

It made an ancient dream come true.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They help people understand ancient wisdom.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月听力原文

What did ancient Greeks think of humor

出自-2013年12月听力原文

It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

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月听力原文

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

出自-2010年6月听力原文

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月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第一套)听力 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月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语上海卷 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年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

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

2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文

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

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语浙江卷(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年考研阅读原文

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年考研阅读原文

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年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

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

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

ancient, old, antique

这些形容词均含"古代的,古老的"之意。

  • ancient:指很久以前发生或存在的事物。用于描述历史时,指远古时代。
  • old:指长期以来一直存在着的事物,与times连用指古代,与days连用时指从前或旧社会。
  • antique:指已经很古老或颇有古风的事物,一般都具有较高价值。

反义词

adj.古代的

modern

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