(of things or ideas )事物或思想 old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions 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。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘old, of long standing’): from ecclesiastical Latin antiquare ‘make old’, from antiquus, anticus ‘former, ancient’, from ante ‘before’.