outlived

英 [ˌaʊtˈlɪvd]

美 [ˌaʊtˈlɪvd]

v.  比…活得长; (在…结束或消失后)继续存在
outlive的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 比…活得长;比…持久
  If one personoutlivesanother, they are still alive after the second person has died. If one thingoutlivesanother thing, the first thing continues to exist after the second has disappeared or been replaced.
  1. I'm sure Rose will outlive many of us...
     我肯定罗丝会比我们中的很多人长命。
  2. The UN is an organisation which has long since outlived its usefulness...
     联合国是一个早已形同虚设的机构。
  3. By the early 1980s, the power station had outlived its purpose.
     这座电站到20世纪80年代初就已经失去作用了。

双语例句

• The UN is an organisation which has long since outlived its usefulness
  联合国是一个早已形同虚设的机构。
• He outlived all of his brothers.
  他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。
• When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness.
  他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。
• The building has outlived its usefulness.
  这座楼房已超过使用年限了。
• The export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• People even wondered whether the organization had outlived its usefulness.
  人们甚至怀疑这个组织是否还有其存在的必要。
• She outlived her husband by many years.
  她比她丈夫长命几年。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。
• He outlived his son by four years.
  他比儿子多活了4年。