英语词汇“behind the times”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

behind the times

Not aware of or using the latest ideas or techniques; out of date: the children considered dad to be behind the times...

If we fail to appoint a management team that is capable of moving with modern ideas, we will end up not three years behind the times but ten.
The Rail Passengers Committee believes companies are behind the times and need to get up to date.
Compare online shopping: in Europe it is not as widespread as in the U.S. and not simply because Europeans are backwards or behind the times.

Synonyms

old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, out of date, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, dead, musty, old-time, old-world, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated;

defunct, medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, old-fangled, conservative, backward-looking, quaint, anachronistic, crusted, feudal, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde;

French démodé, vieux jeu, passé

informal old hat, square, not with it, out of the ark, creaky, clunky, mouldy

North American informal horse-and-buggy, rinky-dink, mossy

archaic square-toed

See parent entry: time

单词	behind the times
释义	behind the times Not aware of or using the latest ideas or techniques; out of date: the children considered dad to be behind the times... If we fail to appoint a management team that is capable of moving with modern ideas, we will end up not three years behind the times but ten. The Rail Passengers Committee believes companies are behind the times and need to get up to date. Compare online shopping: in Europe it is not as widespread as in the U.S. and not simply because Europeans are backwards or behind the times. Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, out of date, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, dead, musty, old-time, old-world, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated; defunct, medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, old-fangled, conservative, backward-looking, quaint, anachronistic, crusted, feudal, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde; French démodé, vieux jeu, passé informal old hat, square, not with it, out of the ark, creaky, clunky, mouldy North American informal horse-and-buggy, rinky-dink, mossy archaic square-toed See parent entry: time
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