used to describe a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present 过失的: 用来描述一个人、一种习俗或一种想法,看起来过时了,不属于现在The daily publication of print media seems anachronistic today. 今天,印刷媒体的日常出版似乎不合时宜。
used to describe something that is placed, for example in a book or play, in the wrong period of history 不合时宜的: 用于描述放置在错误的历史时期的东西,例如在一本书或一部戏剧中The costumes were anachronistic for a Victorian play. 维多利亚时代戏剧的服装不合时宜。