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

• His reputation and achievements outlived him.
  他虽已去世，但他的名望和成就依然存在。
• In both relationships, Yahoo has outlived its usefulness.
  在这两个关系中，雅虎都早已毫无用处。
• He outlived all of his brothers.
  他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。
• 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。
• He has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• 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。
• Then it seems you've outlived your contract.
  那看来你已经活得比你的合约长久了。
• The two dependency-handling solutions that PHP developers commonly used in the past have outlived their effectiveness.
  PHP开发人员在过去常用的两种依赖关系处理解决方案已失去其效率。
• When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness.
  他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。