antiquated
adjective /ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
(usually disapproving)- (of things or ideas
) old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions事物或思想 synonym outdated过时的;陈旧的 - antiquated legal procedures
过时的法律程序 - The antiquated heating system barely heats the larger rooms.
这套供热系统太陈旧了,对大一点的房间几乎不起作用。 - The committee has recommended that all antiquated legal procedures should be simplified.
委员会建议所有过时的法律程序都应简化。
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘old, of long standing’): from ecclesiastical Latin antiquare ‘make old’, from antiquus, anticus ‘former, ancient’, from ante ‘before’. - antiquated legal procedures