anachronism

记忆“anachronism”可以将其分解为三个部分：前缀“ana-”，词根“chrono-”，和后缀“-ism”。

1. “Ana-” 前缀通常表示“相反”、“向后”或“相反的”，可以想象时间被倒转了。
2. “Chrono-” 词根与“时间”有关，强调时间的概念。
3. “-ism” 后缀常用来构成名词，表示状态或行为。

结合这三部分，可以想象为“一个时间上的相反行为或状态”，即某个事物或行为不属于它所处的历史时期或上下文，就像时间倒流一样不协调。这样，“anachronism”就可以记忆为“时间上的不协调或错误”。

anachronism 时代错误

前缀ana-, 向上，向后。词根chron, 时间，见chronicle,编年史。

anachronism

anachronism: [17] The Greek prefix anameant ‘up’, and hence, in terms of time, ‘back’; Greek khrónos meant ‘time’ (as in English chronicle): hence Greek anakhronismós ‘reference to a wrong time’. From the point of view of its derivation it should strictly be applied to the representation of something as happening earlier than it really did (as if Christ were painted wearing a wristwatch), but in practice, ever since the Greek term’s adoption into English, it has also been used for things surviving beyond their due time.
=> chronicle

anachronism (n.)

1640s, "an error in computing time or finding dates," from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos, from anakhronizein "refer to wrong time," from ana- "against" (see ana-) + khronos "time" (see chrono-). Meaning "something out of harmony with the present" first recorded 1816.

1. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.

总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。

2. The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.

很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。

3. The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.

最后一段有一个时代错误。异端裁判所那时已经不存在了。

4. He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.

他对戏剧所体现的精神很感兴趣,如果有助于强调一个观点的话, 他并不反对有一两个时代错误.

5. The monarchy is seen by some as an anachronism in present - day society.

君主政体在当今社会中被一些人视为是过时的制度.