outmoded

英 [ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd]

美 [ˌaʊtˈmoʊdɪd]

adj.  过时的; 已无用的
v.  使过时；使不流行；变旧；变不流行
outmode的过去分词和过去式

TOEFLGRE经济

BNC.18486 / COCA.17416

牛津词典

adj.

• 过时的；已无用的
  no longer fashionable or useful
  1. an outmoded attitude
     陈腐的观点

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过时的；老式的；废弃的；无用的
  If you describe something asoutmoded, you mean that you think it is old-fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life.
  1. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries...
     罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
  2. What hope is there, if people in positions of power continue to promote outmoded attitudes?...
     如果当权者仍然抱残守缺，还有什么希望可言？
  3. The political system has become thoroughly outmoded.
     这一政治体制已经完全落伍了。

英英释义

adj

• out of fashion
  1. a suit of rather antique appearance
  2. demode (or outmoded) attire
  3. outmoded ideas
  Synonym:antiquedemodeexold-fashionedold-hat(p)passepassee

双语例句

• In this respect, our system of selecting cadres is outmoded.
  从这方面来看，我们选拔干部的制度是落后的。
• The country has finally abandoned the outmoded veritiesof the past and adopted a more open outlook.
  这个国家最终废弃了过去那过时的真理观，采纳了一种更加开放的观点。
• If you only extend into places where your skill sets serve you, your skills will become outmoded.
  如果你只涉猎你能力所及的领域，那么你的技能就会过时。
• He held onto the Motorola devices that had been outmoded by Apple's iPhone.
  他保留了摩托罗拉被苹果的iPhone赶超的产品。
• Our current society's system of "punishment" is outmoded, inhumane, and unproductive.
  我们现今社会的“处罚”机制是过时的，不人道的，与无建构性的。
• He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
  他还死守着他那些过了时的信条。
• To my thinking they will be outmoded in four years.
  据我看来，四年之后这些就会过时。
• Outmoded ideas, styles, views, etc.
  陈旧的观念、款式、看法等。
• I don't see fountain pens as old-fashioned or outmoded.
  我不认为钢笔是不合时宜的或过时的。
• Lenin's theory on the proletarian party and the dictatorship of the proletariat is by no means "outmoded", as alleged by certain people.
  列宁关于无产阶级政党和无产阶级专政的理论，决没有像有些人说的那样已经过时。