English » Chinese

Translations for „ancients“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary (Go to Chinese » English)

ancient [ˈeınʃənt] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The dimensions of the system were standardised and measured by the ancients, conforming to a progression of numbers that harmonized distance and time.
en.wikipedia.org
All of these activities, together with the drinking of realgar wine, were regarded by the ancients as effective in preventing disease or evil and promoting health and well-being.
en.wikipedia.org
He describes the group as hedonists who met to celebrate woman in wine, and added ideas from the ancients just to make the experience more decadent.
en.wikipedia.org
On campaigns the ancients did not obstruct those in a narrow pass.
en.wikipedia.org
The tradition of the ancients vividly affected our own early dramatists.
en.wikipedia.org
Among the ancients the ninth day was a day of expiation and funeral service -- "novemdiale sacrum", the origin doubtless of the novena for the dead.
en.wikipedia.org
You concede that pederasty should not be reinstated, but without clarification only because we do not live like the ancients -- segregated into homes for men and homes for women.
www.catholicherald.co.uk
But more delicate species that need ancients woodland or open glades, like wood sorrel, meadow clary and lady's slipper orchid, are struggling.
www.telegraph.co.uk
He devours knowledge and the wisdom of the ancients with the voracity of the autodidact he is: the son of poor farmers.
www.afr.com
This illusion caused ancients to falsely believe in a geocentric universe rather than the currently accepted heliocentric view.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Just let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "ancients" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | English | Español | Italiano | Polski | Português | 中文
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular