antiquity

古代

遠い昔、特に中世より前の古代ギリシャやローマの時代。

やさしい英語で： The distant past, especially the time of ancient Greece and Rome before the Middle Ages.

• The temple dates from antiquity.
• She studies the history of classical antiquity.
• Many ideas from antiquity still influence us today.

類義語： ancient times

よく使う表現： classical antiquity, in antiquity, late antiquity, since antiquity

古代遺物、古美術品

古代に作られた品物、建物、美術品。

やさしい英語で： An object, building, or work of art made in ancient times.

• The statue is a valuable antiquity.
• The museum displays Greek and Roman antiquities.
• Police recovered several stolen antiquities from the dealer.

類義語： ancient artifact, relic

よく使う表現： a Roman antiquity, a rare antiquity, valuable antiquity

古さ

非常に長い間存在していること。

やさしい英語で： The fact that something has existed for a very long time.

• The bridge is of great antiquity.
• Nobody doubts the antiquity of the tradition.
• Researchers found evidence of the family's antiquity.

使い方： antiquity of something (The documents establish the antiquity of this local custom.)

類義語： great age, ancientness

反対語： newness

よく使う表現： great antiquity, of considerable antiquity, antiquity of something