ancient
英 ['e?n?(?)nt]
美[?e?n??nt]
- adj. 古代的；古老的，過時的；年老的
- n. 古代人；老人
考試真題
- There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans, Soupios says.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Instead, Soupios says, ancient wisdom urges us to do good.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- I think that things have become very gloomy these days, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry ( ' , 詭 辯 ).
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- But unlike the modern definition of Epicureanism as a life of indulgence ( ' , 放縱 ) and luxury, for the ancient Greeks, it meant finding a state of calm, peace and mental ease.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Ancient philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes across rivers.
出自-2015年12月聽力原文
- These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
- "There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
2017年6月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section C
- "This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans," Soupios says.
2016年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.
2019年12月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section A
- In his teenage years, Careme fashioned eatable copies of the late 18th century's most famous buildings—cookies in the shape of ruins of ancient Athens and pies in the shape of ancient Chinese palaces and temples Sylvain Bailly.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom up-to-date.
2018年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- Now, researchers at New Mexico State University preserving this discovery, which was identified as an ancient elephant-like animal.
2019年12月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater.
2018年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on living a Good life.
2016年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently.
2019年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2017年6月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section A
- This week, the resident exhibition is a display of ancient wall paintings on loan from Australia.
2019年12月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section A
- Within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- It made an ancient dream come true.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- They help people understand ancient wisdom.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
- This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks,who believed humor to be essentially aggressive.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- What did ancient Greeks think of humor
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- But look at it, it's awful, the paint has peeled off and carpet is worn and the stove is ancient.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- It is a language that has its origin in ancient Polish.
出自-2010年6月聽力原文
- Russian and American spacecraft also found hints that its ancient climate might have been wetter, cooler, and possibly, even friendly to life.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- The complex style of the medieval wooden church carvings and the skills used to make them almost certainly to derive from the ancient Viking tradition.
2019年12月六級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist.
2017年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- Athens, the Athens of ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and was never to have it again.
2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect a deep interest in romance among the artists.
2015年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文
- In ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.
2015年高考英語重慶卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Life for ancient people seemed to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.
2015年高考英語上海卷 完形填空 原文
- Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way using the sun and the stars.
2015年高考英語重慶卷 單項填空 原文
- No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo.
2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文
- The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, even a book on the history of iraq that is seven hundred years old.
2017年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文
- Perry incorrectly suggested, on the basis of inadequate information, that farming, pottery making, and metallurgy all originated in ancient Egypt and diffused throughout the world.
出自-2009年考研閱讀原文
- In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- He was searching for tiny engraved seals attributed to the ancient Mycenaean culture that dominated Greece from the 1400s to 1200s BC.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- "The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.
出自-2017年考研閱讀原文
- "The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.
2017年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.
2020年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya City of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.
2014年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ