ancients

英 [ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nts]

美 [ˈeɪntʃənts]

n.  资深律师；元老

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 远古的；古代的
  Ancientmeans belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire.
  1. They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
     他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。
• ADJ-GRADED 古老的；年代久远的
  Ancientmeans very old, or having existed for a long time.
  1. ...ancient Jewish tradition.
     古老的犹太传统
  2. ...ancient fishing rights.
     由来已久的捕鱼权
  3. ...a few acres of ancient woodland.
     几英亩古老的林地
• N-PLURAL 古代人；（尤指）古希腊人，古罗马人
  The ancientsare the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome.
  1. The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.
     古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

英英释义

noun

• people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

双语例句

• So some people have the same genes as these ancients.
  就是说有些人和古人有相同的基因了。
• The ancients were well-known for their words and there was meaningful relationship between name and word.
  古人有名有字，并且名和字之间往往有意义上的联系。
• This principle is not enough to understand the ancients, but such phenomena they are very clear.
  这个道理古人不够明白，但这类现象他们很清楚。
• Science can now account for many things which were thought to be mysterious by the ancients.
  许多古人认为是神秘的事情，科学家现在都能解释了。
• Most ancients we know have ascended.
  据我们所知，大多数古人都升天了。
• But believe me when I tell you, they are not the ancients you wanna worship.
  但相信我跟你说的话，他们并不是你们应该崇拜的古人。
• He imitated the ancients in painting.
  他在绘画上师法古人。
• This influence is the history of China at any one of the ancients can not be compared to it.
  这种影响，是中国历史上的任何一个古人都不能相比的。
• How right were the Ancients who had one God for merchants and thieves!
  难怪古人说，商人和盗贼信的是同一个天主，说得何其正确！
• This was a custom among the ancients.
  这是古代人的一种习俗。