- 1過時的、陳舊的（帶不以為然的口氣）
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. 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). You will meet it in writing more than in casual talk; in speech people often say outdated or “from another century.”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 sits in the word, not in a fact everyone shares.
組成From the verb antiquate (“to make old / treat as old”) + -ed.
同家族的字
- antiqueold, but often prized
- antiquitythe far past
- antiquarianto do with collecting or studying old books and objects
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
antiquatedadj/ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd/
- 1
old-fashioned, out of date
- Coming to the third proposition, von Hertling says, with justice, that the doctrine of the balance of power is a more or less antiquated doctrine.
- A root-and-branch reform of our antiquated passenger fares system is urgently needed if the rail industry is to fill the £2 billion annual black hole in its finances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- antiquate
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