something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

an artifact that belongs to another time

is it a pointless anachronism or an invaluable moral guide?

它是个无意义的时代倒错还是无价的道德指南？

i have certainly engaged in a certain amount of anachronism but i have also used punctuation and i have worked out ways in which this discourse makes sense.

的确我的新诗中会出现一些年代错误,但我还运用了标点,我基本上能让听音改写的语段有自己的含义。

the name is a misleading anachronism that dates from when secret meant private (「secretary」 has the same derivation).

此名是个让人不解的年代错误，始于机密意味着私人的年代（秘书为同一派生）。

the monarchy is seen by some as an anachronism in present-day society.

君主政体在当今社会中被一些人视为是过时的制度。

other people interviewed simply said the ban was a silly anachronism and should be dropped forthwith.

被采访的其他人简短地说禁令不合时宜，应该立即废除。

as for the japanese male aesthetic of gritting one’s teeth to climb up the corporate ladder rung by rung, that has become an anachronism on par with the videocassette.

至于咬紧牙关一级一级飞黄腾达的日本男性美学与录像带一样已经成为昨日黄花。

the presidential radio address is somewhat of an anachronism that obama hopes to reinvigorate by bringing his message on-demand to people’s computers.

过去例行的总统广播演讲已经有点不合时宜，奥巴马希望能够以计算机传播的方式使之复兴。

mr shapiro teases out the cultural prejudices, the historical blind spots, and above all the anachronism inherent in these questions.

而夏皮罗先生则对这些文化偏见、历史盲点及这些问题中所有的过时观点不屑一顾。

whether this anachronism had any bearing upon the astonishing history i am about to set down will never be known.

至于这起不合时宜的事情与我接下来要写的奇异故事有没有关系那就不得而知了。

however, the 「vw law」 that gives the state a veto over important decisions is a controversial anachronism which both the european commission and porsche, vw’s new owner, are determined to get rid of.

然而，大众法规给予这个州对重大决议的否决权，这是一个有争议的时代错误，欧洲委员会以及保时大众的新主保捷汽车公司都决定摆脱这条法规。

he is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.

戏剧所体现的精神很感兴趣，如果有助于强调一个观点的话，他并不反对有一两个时代错误。

it has been an anachronism for decades, and trying to shut down since 2000.

长久以来这个组织一直因不合时宜受人诟病，自2000年就试图关闭运转。

this is history seen as an inevitable progress towards a glorious future: a pattern imposed on the past with little thought of anachronism or the subtleties of events and personalities.

这段历史看来是必不可避过程 从而迈向美好将来:在此强制范式下过往少有顾及背时的人和小节.