OLD-FASHIONED1 clothes/styles/words2 machines/equipment3 opinions/methods/systems4 books/information5 places6 people7 extremely old-fashioned8 old-fashioned in a pleasant wayRELATED WORDSoppositeMODERNsee alsoOLDFASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLECONVENTIONAL/UNCONVENTIONAL1 clothes/styles/words 衣服/风格/词语old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective]old-fashioned clothes, styles, words etc are no longer considered modern or fashionable, although some people still wear them or still use them 〔衣服、风格、词语等〕旧式的，老式的，过时的 I don't wear that skirt now - it looks so old-fashioned. 我现在不穿那条裙子了—看上去太过时了。 ‘Wireless’ is an old-fashioned word for radio. wireless〔无线电〕是radio〔收音机〕的旧称。 Albert was a tall, gangling man with long blond hair, like an old-fashioned rock star's. 艾伯特是个笨手笨脚、又高又瘦的人，留着金色长发，就像一个老派的摇滚歌星。dated /ˈdeɪtɪd, ˈdeɪtəd/ [adjective not usually before noun]use this about clothes or styles that used to be fashionable, especially until recently, but now seem old-fashioned 〔衣服或风格〕过时的 Just look at the hairstyles in this photo -- they're so dated! 就看这照片上的发型—太过时了！ The song was a big hit last year, but it's already starting to sound dated. 这首歌去年还非常流行，但现在听起来已经开始有点过时了。be on the way out /biː ɒn ðə ˌweɪ ˈaʊt/ [verb phrase]to be gradually becoming less popular or common after having been very popular or fashionable 〔一时流行之后〕渐渐变得不合时尚 It was said that coal was on the way out and would be replaced by nuclear energy. 大家都说，煤逐渐被淘汰，将由核能取而代之。 When I was in highschool disco was already on the way out. 我上高中的时候，迪斯科已经开始过时了。2 machines/equipment 机器/设备old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective]old-fashioned machines and equipment have a design that is no longer modern 过时的，旧式的 He rides one of those old-fashioned bikes with high handlebars. 他骑的是那种老式的自行车，车把手很高。 A lot of the machines at the factory are very old-fashioned. 工厂里的许多机器都很过时了。 Old-fashioned ceiling fans have been making a comeback as a cheap and reliable alternative to air conditioning. 老式的吊扇又流行了起来，它价钱廉宜、性能可靠，是空调之外的另一种选择。outdated /ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd◂, ˌaʊtˈdeɪtəd◂/ [adjective]use this about machines or equipment that use old-fashioned designs, and should be replaced with more modern ones 陈旧的，过时的 It is hard to run a business with outdated equipment. 设备陈旧的公司很难经营。 a rebel army, equipped only with outdated Russian weapons 只配备了陈旧的俄制武器的一支叛军obsolete /ˈɒbsəliːtǁˌɑːbsəˈliːt/ [adjective]use this about machines and equipment that are no longer being produced, and that seem old-fashioned because newer machines have been invented which can do the job much better 废弃的，淘汰的；过时的 The old 5¼ inch floppy disks are now obsolete. 51/4英寸的老式软盘现在已被淘汰了。make something obsolete a new type of ‘Network Computer’, which could make existing PCs obsolete within five years 一种新的“网络电脑”，它可使现时的个人电脑在五年之内被淘汰antiquated /ˈæntɪkweɪtəd, ˈæntəkweɪtəd/ [adjective]very old and old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern needs 陈旧的，过时的，不适合现代需要的 My mother's antiquated vacuum cleaner still works, believe it or not. 信不信由你，我母亲那台老掉牙的吸尘器居然还能用。 Hospitals suffer from inadequate facilities, antiquated equipment and shortages of medical supplies. 医院面临的问题是设施不足、设备陈旧、医疗物资短缺。3 opinions/methods/systems 观点/方法/制度old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective]old-fashioned opinions and ways of living were common in the past, but are not the way most people think and behave now 〔观点、生活方式〕过时的；守旧的 In those days, people believed that divorce was morally wrong, but this now seems very old-fashioned. 那个时候，人们认为离婚是有违道德的，但现在这种想法似乎很过时了。 He has some very old-fashioned ideas about women. 他在女性问题上，有些思想非常守旧。outdated /ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd◂, ˌaʊtˈdeɪtəd◂/ [adjective]outdated opinions, methods, or systems are not suitable for modern times and need to be changed and made more modern 〔观点、方法或制度〕陈旧的，过时的 Outdated laws and regulations are failing to keep crime on the Internet in check. 陈旧的法律法规不能制止网络犯罪。 Outdated textbooks, decrepit buildings, overcrowded classrooms - the list of problems is long and growing. 教科书过时、教学楼破旧、教室拥挤——问题源源不断。 The image of the civil service as a male, middle class bastion is now outdated. 政府部门是中产阶级男性的堡垒，这种形象现在已不合时宜了。outmoded /aʊtˈməʊdɪd, aʊtˈməʊdəd/ [adjective usually before noun]outmoded belief/attitude/way of thinking etca way of thinking that was once popular but is not useful or suitable anymore 陈腐的看法/态度/思想等 The views of many of the senior professors reflect outmoded concepts and ideas. 许多资深教授的观点反映了陈腐的思想观念。 The government's outmoded attitudes are dragging the whole country back into the nineteenth century. 政府落后的思想正在把整个国家拖回到19世纪去。traditional /trəˈdɪʃənəl/ [adjective]traditional opinions, methods, or customs have existed for a long time, and have not been changed or affected by modern ideas 〔观点、方法或习俗〕传统的；因袭的 The local people still use traditional farming methods which have been used for hundreds of years. 当地人仍在使用已经沿用了几百年的传统耕种方法。 the traditional idea that a woman's place is in the home 女主内的传统思想 Tom went to a very traditional boys’ school. 汤姆上的是一所非常传统的男子学校。unfashionable /ʌnˈfæʃənəbəl/ [adjective]a belief or attitude that isunfashionable is no longer fashionable or popular 〔想法或态度〕过时的；不流行的 Smoking has become very unfashionable in the last ten years. 在过去的十年里吸烟已不再流行。it is unfashionable to do something It's unfashionable these days to say you want to get married and give up your job, isn't it? 现在说你想结婚而放弃工作，过时了吧？4 books/information 书/信息out-of-date/out of date /ˌaʊt əv ˈdeɪt◂/ [adjective]use this about books, maps etc that do not contain the most recent information, or about information that is no longer right because the facts have changed 〔书、地图等〕过时的 The map we had with us was completely out of date. 我们带的地图完全过时了。 an out-of-date guidebook 一本过时的旅行指南5 places 地方old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective] In many ways the village is a very old-fashioned sort of place. 这个村子在很多方面是个很老派的地方。 Cromer is a charmingly old-fashioned resort that has changed little over the years. 克罗默是个古雅的度假胜地，多年来几乎没有什么改变。olde worlde /ˌəʊldi ˈwɜːʳldi◂/ [adjective phrase]Britishdescribing something, especially a shop or room, that has deliberately been made to look old- fashioned so that people will think it is more attractive 【英】古色古香的，复古的，古朴的〔尤形容商店或房间〕 I like your kitchen - it's very olde worlde. 我喜欢你的厨房，非常古色古香。 a picturesque village with an ancient church, and plenty of olde worlde tea rooms 一座风景如画的村子，有一座古老的教堂和许多古雅的茶室be stuck/caught in a time-warp /biː ˌstʌk, ˌkɔːt ɪn ə ˈtaɪm wɔːʳp/ [verb phrase]if a place isstuck in a time-warp, it has not changed and seems the same as it was many years ago 停留在过去的时代 That restaurant is still stuck in some kind of late-seventies time-warp. 那家饭店仍然有点70年代末的风格。 The country had little contact with the outside world, and remained caught in something of a time-warp. 这个国家很少与外界接触，仍然停留在过去的某个时代。6 people 人old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective] Mr Griffiths is a real old-fashioned teacher who still believes that learning lessons by heart is the best method. 格利菲斯先生是一位非常老派的教师，仍然认为背诵课文是最好的方法。 My Dad was very old-fashioned and didn't approve of me going to nightclubs with my friends. 我爸爸思想非常守旧，不赞成我和朋友上夜总会。be living in the past /biː ˌlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈpɑːstǁ-ˈpæst/ [verb phrase]to think and behave as if life is still like it was when you were young, especially because you do not like the modern world 生活在过去〔尤因不喜欢现代社会〕 You've got to get over it, honey - you've got to stop living in the past. 你得想开一点，亲爱的—你不能老生活在过去呀。 Critics say Buchanan is living in the past, and remind him that the 1950s was a time when women were shackled to the kitchen, and African-Americans held back by discrimination. 批评者说布坎南老是生活在过去，并提醒他说，在20世纪50年代那个时候，妇女被困在厨房里，非裔美国人则因种族歧视受到了羁绊。behind the times /biː bɪˌhaɪnd ðə ˈtaɪmz/ [adjective phrase]a person or organization who isbehind the times, is old-fashioned because they have not changed while the world around them has changed 〔人或组织〕落后于时代；落伍 People in these parts tend to be way behind the times when it comes to issues such as women's rights. 在妇女权利等问题上，这些地方的人都是远远落后于时代。 Once the giants of British retailing, they are now seen as being behind the times. 这些曾经是英国零售业巨头的商家，现在被视为落后于时代了。straitlaced/straightlaced /ˌstreɪtˈleɪst◂/ [adjective]having a very strong, old-fashioned attitude to moral behaviour 〔道德方面〕守旧的，古板的 My aunt's very straitlaced - she'd be shocked if you mentioned sex. 我姨妈非常古板，如果你提起性方面的事，她会很震惊。 They lost touch with Hermine after she married a very straightlaced Lutheran minister, and disappeared from the social scene. 赫米奥娜嫁给一位非常古板的路德派牧师之后，就从社交圈里消失了，他们就和她失去了联系。fuddy duddy /ˈfʌdi ˌdʌdi/ [countable noun]informalsomeone who you think is old-fashioned and boring because they disapprove of new ideas and are unwilling to change their attitudes 【非正式】守旧的人，老古董 Don't be such a fuddy duddy! 别那么保守！ The election broadcast made the President look like a fuddy duddy with ridiculously old-fashioned ideas. 转播竞选的节目把总统弄得像个思想保守得可笑的老古董。fuddy-duddy [adjective] She has some rather fuddy-duddy ideas about what is proper music. 对于什么是真正的音乐，她的想法相当守旧。old fogey /ˌəʊld ˈfəʊgi/ [countable noun]informalsomeone, usually an old person, who you disapprove of because they prefer old-fashioned ideas and ways of doing things to modern ones 【非正式】老派的人，守旧的人，老顽固〔常指年纪大的人〕 The old fogies all sit together and talk about the old days. 这些老家伙全都坐在一起聊着过去。 This country is being run by a bunch of old fogies -- we need some fresh blood, people with initiative. 治理这个国家的是一帮老家伙—我们需要一些新鲜血液，需要具有创新精神的人。old guard /ˈəʊld ˌgɑːʳd/ []a group of people with old-fashioned opinions, who have been in an organization or society for a long time and oppose anyone who wants to change things 〔某一组织或社会中的〕保守派，守旧派 Inevitably, the revolution is affecting the old guard much more than the rest of us. 革命对那些保守派的影响，必然比对我们要大得多。 The party's old guard have their own candidate for leader. 党内的保守派有自己的领导人选。traditionalist /trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst, trəˈdɪʃənələst/ [countable noun]a person who believes that the old ways of doing things are the best, and who does not like modern methods or ideas 遵循传统的人，守旧的人 I'm something of a traditionalist myself, I'd much rather use pen and paper than a word-processor. 我自己是那种传统的人，我宁愿用钢笔和纸，也不用文字处理器。 There are still many traditionalists in the church who strongly oppose the idea of women priests. 教会里仍有许多保守的人，他们强烈反对妇女当牧师。7 extremely old-fashioned 非常过时的medieval /ˌmediˈiːvəl◂ǁˌmiː-/ [adjective]extremely old-fashioned and therefore annoying 古老的；过时的；落后的 The plumbing in this house is medieval! 这屋子的水管太陈旧了！positively medievalvery medieval 非常陈旧 This so-called accounting system is positively medieval. 这种所谓的财务制度实在是非常落后。out of the ark /ˌaʊt əv ði ˈɑːʳk/ [adjective phrase]British informalextremely old-fashioned 【英，非正式】极陈旧的；过时的 Their washing machine looks like it came out of the ark. 他们的洗衣机简直像件老古董。 Her views on social policy are embarrassing -- really out of the ark. 她在社会政策方面的观点很让人难堪—非常过时。dinosaur /ˈdaɪnəsɔːʳ/ [countable noun usually singular]a system, organization etc that is very old-fashioned and large and cannot continue to exist in the modern world 庞大而过时的东西〔指体系、组织等〕 The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive. 规模庞大的社会医疗卫生服务已过时了，若要继续存在下去就需要进行彻底的变革。 The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago. 参加演出的还有几个早该放下吉他退出舞台的过气摇滚乐团。anachronism /əˈnækrənɪzəm/ [countable noun usually singular]something such as an organization or custom that belongs to a time in the past, and therefore appears very strange in the modern world 不合时宜的事物；过时现象 The harvest festival celebrations in the town are an anachronism since almost everyone who lives there nowadays works in an office. 镇上的庆丰节活动已不合时宜了，因为现在几乎所有人都在办公室工作。anachronistic /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk◂/ [adjective] Many people believe that the role of the Royal Family in Britain is anachronistic. 许多人都认为英国皇室的角色已经不合时宜了。archaic /ɑːʳˈkeɪ-ɪk/ [adjective]use this about something that was used a long time ago but which is now considered too old-fashioned and needs replacing 过时的，陈旧的 The text was full of archaic spellings. 文章中所用的都是旧式的拼写法。 The laws that decide who owns items discovered on an archeological exploration are ridiculously archaic. 判定考古发现的物品所有权归属的法例已经非常陈旧了。Dickensian /dɪˈkenziən/ [adjective]buildings, conditions etc that areDickensian are extremely old-fashioned and below acceptable standards, for example because they are dangerous or unhealthy 〔建筑物、条件等〕极其残旧的；像狄更斯笔下所描述的 They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water. 他们住在一个像狄更斯笔下所描绘的公寓里，没有正常的暖气和自来水供应。！positively Dickensian The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian. 那家工厂的工作环境极其恶劣。the dark ages /ðə ˈdɑːʳk ˌeɪdʒz/ [noun phrase]use this to talk about a society, system, or way of thinking that is extremely old-fashioned, especially in its social attitudes 黑暗时代〔指社会、制度或思想方式极其落后〕 Huge amounts of aid will be needed if this society is ever to drag itself out of the dark ages. 这个社会若要脱离落后的状态便需要大量的援助。 My brother still doesn't like the idea of having a woman boss - he's stuck in the dark ages! 我哥哥还是不喜欢有女上司—一他的思想太落伍了！8 old-fashioned in a pleasant way 古老而令人愉快的old-fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃənd◂/ [adjective]old-fashioned in a way that reminds you of nice things in the past 旧式的，老派的 The town has a lovely old-fashioned charm about it. 这小镇有一种古朴的韵味。 He was a nice, old-fashioned gentleman who would hold open the door for you or offer to carry your bags. 他是一位友善的老派绅士，会给你开门或主动帮你拎袋子。good old-fashioned good old-fashioned home cooking 美味老派的家常菜quaint /kweɪnt/ [adjective]old-fashioned and unusual, but attractive and interesting - use this about small buildings or places, or about customs and beliefs 〔建筑物、地方、习俗、思想等〕古老而奇特的；古色古香的 We stayed in a quaint little fishing village in Cornwall. 我们住在康沃尔一个古色古香的小渔村里。 quaint country cottages 古雅的乡间别墅 Stigler scoffed at the quaint idea of university as a place where a professor and a small group of students can sit in a study and discuss great thoughts. 有些人认为，大学是教授带着几名学生坐在书房里讨论伟大思想的地方。施蒂格勒对这种奇特的想法嗤之以鼻。