ancientness

常見(jiàn)例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ): ～+ n.

• He is fond of ancient history of China.
  他喜歡中國(guó)古代史。
• The cultural relics excavated recently added greatly to our knowledge of life in ancient China.
  最近發(fā)掘出的文物大大增加了我們對(duì)古代中國(guó)生活的了解。
• The music is suggestive of an ancient battle.
  音樂(lè)使人聯(lián)想到一場(chǎng)古代的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
• The pyramids were built in ancient times.
  金字塔建造于古代。
• People have lived in this valley since ancient times.
  自古以來(lái)，人們就居住在這個(gè)山谷中。
• I've just finished reading a book on the ancient kingdoms of Mexico.
  我剛讀完一本關(guān)于墨西哥古代諸王國(guó)的書(shū)。
• The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
  在羅馬人入侵之前，古不列顛人居住在英格蘭的這些地區(qū)。
• The annual festival is one of the ancient customs of the religion.
  一年一度的慶典是該宗教的古老傳統(tǒng)之一。
• China is one of the ancient countries of the world.
  中國(guó)是世界上古老的國(guó)家之一。
• Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics.
  西安是一個(gè)有很多寶藏和神圣遺物的古老城市。
• The ancient care-taker of the building passed away during the night.
  那個(gè)看管大樓的老家伙夜里歸天了。
• This is my ancient car.
  這是我的老爺車。
• In this part of the city,you can see ancient and modern buildings next to each other.
  在這座城市的這個(gè)部分，你可以看到鱗次櫛比的古代的與現(xiàn)代的建筑物。
• The museum has a large collection of sculptures dating from the ancient world.
  這個(gè)博物館收藏有大量早自上古時(shí)代起的雕塑作品。
• Slang of the past generation is usually an ancient turn of phrase.
  上一代人的俚語(yǔ)都是老掉牙的陳詞濫調(diào)了。

用作表語(yǔ): S+be+～

• He's ancient—he must be at least seventy!
  他老得很了——肯定至少有七十歲！
• My grandparents are rather ancient.
  我爺爺和奶奶都是老壽星了。
• He must be ancient by now or dead.
  眼下他肯定老得不行了，要不就是死了。
• That book is ancient.
  那本書(shū)已過(guò)時(shí)。
• This chair looks ancient.
  這把椅子看起來(lái)很有年頭了。

用作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ): S+V+O+～

• He's only thirty-five.But that makes him fairly ancient for flying.
  他才35歲,但對(duì)于飛行這一行,他年事已高。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

• This is an ancient parable.
  這是一個(gè)古老的寓言。
• It's an ancient tale which appears in various guises in several languages.
  那是一個(gè)以幾種語(yǔ)言敘述的古老的故事。
• Soldiers in ancient time used escutcheon to fight.
  古代的士兵用飾有花紋的盾作戰(zhàn)。
• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.
  這把石斧是古代的遺物。
• We will all have a course in ancient history this term.
  這個(gè)學(xué)期我們都有一門古代史課程。

用作名詞 (n.)

• The ancients believed that the sun and moon were planets.
  古人相信太陽(yáng)和月亮都是星球。
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