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

• 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。
• The building has outlived its usefulness.
  这座楼房已超过使用年限了。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• 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。