If something is antiquated, it is old-fashioned and no longer fits the way we live or work now — and the speaker is not being kind about it. An antiquated law, an antiquated computer system, antiquated ideas about who should stay at home.

If something is antiquated如果說某樣東西是 antiquated 的，it is old-fashioned就是指它過時了，and no longer fits the way we live or work now已經不合現在的生活或工作方式——and the speaker is not being kind about it而且說話的人語氣並不客氣。An antiquated law像是過時的法律、an antiquated computer system過時的電腦系統、antiquated ideas about who should stay at home或是誰該留在家裡這種過時的觀念。

The word carries a little “this should have gone already”: not “beautifully old,” but “please replace this.” That is the difference from antique (which can be a compliment) and from ancient (which is simply very old).

The word carries a little “this should have gone already”這個字帶有一點「這早該淘汰了」的語氣：not “beautifully old,”不是「古色古香」的意思，but “please replace this.”而是「拜託換掉它」。That is the difference這就是它 from antique (which can be a compliment)跟 antique（可以是稱讚）、and from ancient (which is simply very old)以及 ancient（單純指很古老）不一樣的地方。

You will meet it in writing more than in casual talk; in speech people often say outdated or “from another century.” Though actually, one person’s antiquated rule is another person’s tradition, so the disapproval sits in the word, not in a fact everyone shares.

You will meet it in writing more than in casual talk你在文章裡會比在日常聊天裡更常遇到這個字；in speech people often say outdated or “from another century.”口語裡大家比較常說 outdated 或「上個世紀的東西」。Though actually不過其實，one person’s antiquated rule is another person’s tradition一個人眼中過時的規定，可能是另一個人眼中的傳統，so the disapproval sits in the word, not in a fact everyone shares所以這種不以為然是字本身帶的語氣，不是大家都同意的事實。