ancient

用作定語 ～+ n.

1. He is fond of ancient history of China.
   他喜歡中國古代史。
2. The cultural relics excavated recently added greatly to our knowledge of life in ancient China.
   最近發掘出的文物大大增加了我們對古代中國生活的了解。
3. The music is suggestive of an ancient battle.
   音樂使人聯想到一場古代的戰爭。
4. The pyramids were built in ancient times.
   金字塔建造于古代。
5. People have lived in this valley since ancient times.
   自古以來，人們就居住在這個山谷中。
6. I've just finished reading a book on the ancient kingdoms of Mexico.
   我剛讀完一本關于墨西哥古代諸王國的書。
7. The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
   在羅馬人入侵之前，古不列顛人居住在英格蘭的這些地區。
8. The annual festival is one of the ancient customs of the religion.
   一年一度的慶典是該宗教的古老傳統之一。
9. China is one of the ancient countries of the world.
   中國是世界上古老的國家之一。
10. Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics.
    西安是一個有很多寶藏和神圣遺物的古老城市。
11. The ancient care-taker of the building passed away during the night.
    那個看管大樓的老家伙夜里歸天了。
12. This is my ancient car.
    這是我的老爺車。
13. In this part of the city,you can see ancient and modern buildings next to each other.
    在這座城市的這個部分，你可以看到鱗次櫛比的古代的與現代的建筑物。
14. The museum has a large collection of sculptures dating from the ancient world.
    這個博物館收藏有大量早自上古時代起的雕塑作品。
15. Slang of the past generation is usually an ancient turn of phrase.
    上一代人的俚語都是老掉牙的陳詞濫調了。

用作表語 S+be+～

1. He's ancient—he must be at least seventy!
   他老得很了——肯定至少有七十歲！
2. My grandparents are rather ancient.
   我爺爺和奶奶都是老壽星了。
3. He must be ancient by now or dead.
   眼下他肯定老得不行了，要不就是死了。
4. That book is ancient.
   那本書已過時。
5. This chair looks ancient.
   這把椅子看起來很有年頭了。

用作賓語補足語 S+V+O+～

1. He's only thirty-five.But that makes him fairly ancient for flying.
   他才35歲,但對于飛行這一行,他年事已高。