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遺物;遺跡;紀念物
If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.
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The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders...
這座塔是那些灰暗歲月的遺跡,那時大房子不得不被加固,以抵御侵略者。
Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed...
德國的收容法是歐洲歷史上一個已逝去時期的遺留產物。
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(有歷史價值的)遺物,遺跡,遺址
A relic is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.
例句
...a museum of war relics.
戰爭遺跡紀念館
...ancient Egyptian relics.
古埃及遺跡
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圣物;圣骨
A relic is the body of a saint or something else associated with a saint, which some people regard as holy.