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

• 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。
• 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。
• He has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• The export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。
• 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。
• His reputation and achievements outlived him.
  他虽已去世，但他的名望和成就依然存在。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。
• Some people think this system of education has outlived its usefulness.
  一些人认为这一教育制度已经不再有效用了。
• He outlived all of his brothers.
  他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。
• 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。