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

• The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.
  古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。
• This was a custom among the ancients.
  这是古代人的一种习俗。
• 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。
• I guess awaiting instructions from the ancients.
  我想是在等待古人的进一步指示。
• He imitated the ancients in painting.
  他在绘画上师法古人。
• The ancients do not study mathematics, can not logically capable?
  古人不学高等数学，难道就没有逻辑能力吗？
• The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water
  古人认为地球飘浮在水里。
• Most ancients we know have ascended.
  据我们所知，大多数古人都升天了。
• The ancients at Banpo had already mastered the skills necessary to produce pottery.
  半坡人熟练地掌握了制作陶器的工艺。
• Really have a style of the ancients.
  真的有了古人的风范。