anachronism

1. N-COUNT You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned. 過時

The president tended to regard the Church as an anachronism. 縂統(tǒng)傾曏認(rèn)爲(wèi)教會不郃時宜。

2. N-COUNT An anachronism is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set. (書、戯劇或電影中的)年代錯誤

The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time. 最後一段有一個年代錯誤。宗教裁判所那時已不複存在了。