anachronism

名词 anachronism:

1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
   同义词：mistiming, misdating
2. an artifact that belongs to another time
3. a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

1. Modern dress is an anachronism in productions of Shakespeare's plays.
   在莎士比亚剧作演出中出现的现代服装，是弄错年代的东西。
2. It would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television.
   谈到维多利亚女王看电视是时代上的错误。
3. 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。

a.nach.ro.nism

n.（名词）
Representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than the chronological, proper, or historical order.
时代错误，年代误植：所叙存在的人或发生的事与年代、历史顺序不符
One that is out of its proper or chronological order:
不合时代的人，不合时代的事：
例句：
.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.(Skylines)
.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.(地平线)

来源：
French anachronisme
法语 anachronisme
from New Latin anachronismus
源自 现代拉丁语 anachronismus
from Late Greek anakhronismos
源自 后期希腊语 anakhronismos
from anakronizesthai [to be an anachronism]
源自 anakronizesthai [是个时代错误]
Greek ana- [ana-]
希腊语 ana- [前缀，表.向后.]
Greek khronizein [to take time] from khronos [time]
希腊语 khronizein [慢慢进行] 源自 khronos [时间]

【引伸】
anach.ronis.tic 或
anach.ronous
anach.ronis.tically 或
anach.ronously
adv.（副词）