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

• 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 has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• I have outlived the average patient and I still don't need oxygen all the time.
  “我已经超过了患者的平均寿命，而且我并不需要在所有时候都吸氧”。
• 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。
• 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。
• In both relationships, Yahoo has outlived its usefulness.
  在这两个关系中，雅虎都早已毫无用处。
• 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。
• When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness.
  他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。
• Then it seems you've outlived your contract.
  那看来你已经活得比你的合约长久了。