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

• Even critics admit that the policy has reduced poverty and reduced the income gap among the races, but question whether it has outlived its usefulness.
  甚至连一些批评人士也承认，这项政策减少了贫困，降低了种族之间的收入差距。但他们质疑，这项政策是否已经过时。
• The two dependency-handling solutions that PHP developers commonly used in the past have outlived their effectiveness.
  PHP开发人员在过去常用的两种依赖关系处理解决方案已失去其效率。
• None of which is to say that Britannica has outlived its usefulness.
  这并不是说《大英百科全书》的实用性已经不复存在了。
• He outlived his son by four years.
  他比儿子多活了4年。
• The U.S.dollar-Hong Kong dollar currency board, successful at the beginning, may have outlived its usefulness.
  港元与美元间的联系汇率制在建立之初很是成功，但现在或许已失去了其存在的意义。
• But it may have a number of tests that have outlived their usefulness.
  但是可能有许多测试的生命长过其有效时期。
• The dual mandate has outlived its usefulness.
  双重使命已经失去了效用。
• She had outlived most of her lovers and costars.
  她比她的爱慕者和合作过的明星都要长寿。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。