outlive

英 [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]

美 [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]

v.  比…活得长; (在…结束或消失后)继续存在

过去分词：outlived　过去式：outlived　第三人称单数：outlives　现在分词：outliving　

Collins.1 / BNC.18496 / COCA.13991

牛津词典

verb

• 比…活得长
  to live longer than sb
  1. He outlived his wife by three years.
     他比妻子多活了三年。
• （在…结束或消失后）继续存在
  to continue to exist after sth else has ended or disappeared
  1. The machine had outlived its usefulness (= was no longer useful) .
     这机器已无用了。

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。

英英释义

verb

• live longer than
  1. She outlived her husband by many years
  Synonym:outlastsurvive

双语例句

• Textbook. she'll outlive us all.
  非常成功。她会比我们活的都久。
• But I think he might outlive us all.
  但我觉得它说不定比我们所有人都活得久。
• Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance.
  这一点都不奇怪，愿望的寿命要超过行动很多年。
• That bitch will outlive us all.
  那贱人会比我们都长命。
• Some of these friendships in the office will outlive the job; others will not.
  有些办公室友谊能让工作充满乐趣，有些则不然。
• Peter Drucker asked entrepreneurs if they really wanted to build an institution that would outlive them.
  管理大师彼得•德鲁克曾问一些企业家：是否真正想要创建一个比自己存活得更久的企业。
• However, you should not get too impatient because sometimes it takes time to outlive your past mistakes.
  但是，不要太没耐心，因为克服过去犯下的错误有时需要很长时间。
• He said: 'When my wife came downstairs she said that Atlas is supposed to outlive us.
  他说：当我妻子下楼的时候，她说Atlas当时可能会离我们而去。
• Psychology experts reckon people whose first name begins with A outlive by10 years those whose initial is D.
  心理学专家统计发现，名字首字母为A的人要比首字母为D的人多活10年。
• And every breeder dreams and is anxious to replicate that in a foal, it is something that will carry on the Magnum tradition and outlive him.
  每一个饲养员的梦想和渴望复制，在一个小马驹，它是将携带的万能传统和活得比他的东西。