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 dual mandate has outlived its usefulness.
  双重使命已经失去了效用。
• He outlived all of his brothers.
  他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。
• 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。
• None of which is to say that Britannica has outlived its usefulness.
  这并不是说《大英百科全书》的实用性已经不复存在了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His reputation and achievements outlived him.
  他虽已去世，但他的名望和成就依然存在。
• The export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。
• The building has outlived its usefulness.
  这座楼房已超过使用年限了。