英语单词词义辨析 词汇精选：ancient的用法和辨析

词汇精选：ancient的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,adj.,古代的，已往的,例句：,In Western civilization, interest in human cognition can be traced to the ancient Greece.,在西方的文明中，对人的认知的兴趣可以追溯到古代的希腊。,例句：,Siam is the name of ancient Thailand.,暹罗是古代的泰国。,例句：,This is an [ancient] parable.,这是一个古老的寓言。,古老的；过时的；老式的,例句：,Balfours of shaws: an ancient, honest, reputable house, peradventure in these latter days decayed.,省府的巴尔福：一个古老的、正直的，可敬的家庭，恐怕是在最近才没落下来的。,例句：,Nim's lips moved silently, stumbling over the ancient aramaic words.,尼姆的嘴唇无声地动着，结结巴巴地揹着古老的亚拉姆语的词句。,年老的,例句：,There once lived not far from the River Indus an ancient Persian by the name of Ali Hafed.,从前离印度河不远住着一个年老的波斯人，名叫阿里·哈菲德。,例句：,And the coughing will rack his ancient chest.,咳嗽会绞紧他的年老的胸膛。,n.,老人,例句：,He gave the tottering ancient a strong handshake.,他使劲握了握那个龙钟老人的手。,古代人,例句：,The ancient said: love and the wisdom cannot have both.,古人说：爱情和智慧不可兼得。,例句：,Ancient cloud: good man who has good people of.,古人云：善人者，人亦善之。,二、词义辨析：,ancient,old,antique,ancient指很久以前发生或存在的事物。用于描述历史时，指远古时代。old指长期以来一直存在着的事物，与times连用指古代，与days连用时指从前或旧社会。antique指已经很古老或颇有古风的事物，一般都具有较高价值。,三、相关短语：,ancient history,n.古代史, 刚刚发生但不成为新闻的事,家喻户晓的故事,四、参考例句：,Ancient people worshipped gods.,古代的人们崇拜神灵。,Ancient people wore tunics.,在古代人们穿着束腰外衣。,This is an ancient parable.,这是一个古老的寓言。,Jerusalem is an ancient city.,耶路撒冷是一座古城。,His specialty is ancient French.,他专门研究的领域是古法语。,It is an ancient burial-mound.,这是一座古代的坟墩。,Graffiti existed in ancient times.,涂鸦艺术古代就有。,Buddhism descended from ancient India.,佛教起源于古印度。,We should read ancient authors.,我们应该读古代学者的著作。,This set of ancient china is invaluable.,这套古瓷器非常珍贵。