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 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。
• Many people think the system has outlived its usefulness.
  许多人认为该系统已经不再有用了。
• Eventually we decided that the system had outlived its usefulness.
  最后我们决定这个系统已不再有使用价值了。
• 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。
• He outlived his son by four years.
  他比儿子多活了4年。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• In both relationships, Yahoo has outlived its usefulness.
  在这两个关系中，雅虎都早已毫无用处。
• The export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。
• 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。
• She outlived her husband by many years.
  她比她丈夫长命几年。