The Amish are often 33 perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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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.