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遗物;遗迹;纪念物
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...
这座塔是那些灰暗岁月的遗迹,那时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...
德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。
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(有历史价值的)遗物,遗迹,遗址
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.
战争遗迹纪念馆
...ancient Egyptian relics.
古埃及遗迹
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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.