英语单词“antediluvian”的意思是:古老的;陈旧的;陈腐的;不合潮流的。
读音:英 [ˌæntiˈdaɪluːviən] 美 [ˌæntiˈdaɪluːviən]
例句:It is hard to believe that antediluvian beliefs still exist.
古老的信仰依然存在是很难令人相信的。
下面是再来十个例句,供您参考:
1. Antediluvian tablets, orally handed down from generation to generation, tell of a distant time when gods and men cohabited on earth. 古神谕石板代代相传,讲述了很久以前神与人共居一地的时代。
2. It was an antediluvian dinosaur of a building that had once been the home of a local businessman. 那是一幢远古时代的恐龙式建筑,曾是当地一位商人的住宅。
3. They may be interested in a job that pays only $5 an hour but may reject a salary that they deem to be antediluvian. 他们可能会对仅仅每小时赚5美元的工作感兴趣,但他们可能还会对工资比较古老的做法不感兴趣。
4. As if there isn't enough ancient and antediluvian Greek architecture already, here was the Byzantine fronton as well, or was it an older one? 这还不算什么,还有不少古代和远古希腊建筑,而且还有拜占庭式的风琴,或者说是更古老的风琴呢!
5. He has been called the most antediluvian of all modern conservatives. 他被称作现代保守派中最古老的一个。
6. This was a place where one could buy a lot of antediluvian stuff. 这是一个可以买到很多古老东西的地方。
7. The museum displays many ancient artifacts, including some antediluvian ones. 博物馆展出了许多古物,包括一些远古时期的物品。
8. The idea of an antediluvian civilization is one of the most persistent and persistent legendss in the world. 一个远古文明的想法是世界上最经久不衰的传说之一。
9. It is said that this temple is built on the site of an antediluvian temple. 据说这座寺庙是建立在远古寺庙遗址上的。
10. It is an antediluvian custom that people go to the river to make offerings to the gods on the eve of Chinese New Year. 人们在新年前夕到河边向神灵祭拜是一种古老的传统。