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 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。
• 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。
• Then it seems you've outlived your contract.
  那看来你已经活得比你的合约长久了。
• 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。
• His reputation and achievements outlived him.
  他虽已去世，但他的名望和成就依然存在。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。
• 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。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• 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 export-led model has outlived its usefulness.
  出口导向型经济模式已经不管用了。