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. 遗物; 遗迹
noun [抽象名词] 遗迹；遗骸；纪念物（relic 的复数）
Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history that has passed. 德国的避难法是欧洲历史上一个逝去时代的遗留物。
