relic
pronunciation
UK [ˈrelɪk]
US [ˈrelɪk]
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- n.
- 遗物，遗迹
- 废墟
- 纪念物
- [古生物]残遗体
Word Origin
relic 遗物，遗风，遗迹
来自古法语 relique,遗留物，来自拉丁语 reliquiae(-e,复数)，来自 relinquere,留下，留给，来 自 re-,向后，往回，linquere,留下，留给，词源同 delinquency,relinquish.引申诸相关词义。
Example
- 1. A relic of the soviet invasion sits near the road .
- 图中在路边矗立着一处苏联入侵的遗迹。
- 2. Gold is still a barbaric relic whose value rises only when inflation is high .
- 黄金仍是一个野蛮时代的遗迹，只有通胀高企时它的价值才有上升。
- 3. Now the driftwood hut is a relic of a bygone age , in a wilderness of breathtaking beauty .
- 如今这个浮木搭建的小屋已经成为一处过去时代的遗迹，矗立在美得令人惊叹的荒野中。
- 4. Many of beijing 's waterways were filled in , leaving just this creaky relic of sino-soviet amity to save its streets from flooding .
- 北京许多的排水沟都被填满了，只剩下这些老朽的中苏友好的遗迹还在竭力拯救北京街道于洪涝水灾之中。
- 5. But when lenin died in 1924 , joseph stalin insisted on putting his corpse on public display in red square , creating a secular , communist relic .
- 而当1924年列宁逝世时，约瑟夫.斯大林坚持要把列宁的遗体放在红场公开展示，以创造不朽的共产主义遗迹。
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