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 slavery of classical times had outlived itself.
  古代的奴隶制，已经过时了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some have always lived alone while others have outlived their partner or other relatives.
  一些人一直都是一个人住，另一些人却是因为他们比他们的伙伴或者亲戚长寿。
• 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。
• She outlived her husband by many years.
  她比她丈夫长命几年。
• The export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。
• Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
  安妮希望自己已经跨过了羞怯的年龄，但她肯定没有跨过容易冲动的年龄。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。
• However, he remained master of Mongolia and Turkestan, and outlived Kublai.
  不过他仍然是蒙古和突厥斯坦的首领，死于忽必烈之后。