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

• I have outlived the average patient and I still don't need oxygen all the time.
  “我已经超过了患者的平均寿命，而且我并不需要在所有时候都吸氧”。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• He has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• The dual mandate has outlived its usefulness.
  双重使命已经失去了效用。
• Many people think the system has outlived its usefulness.
  许多人认为该系统已经不再有用了。
• 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。
• She outlived her husband by many years.
  她比她丈夫长命几年。
• He outlived all of his brothers.
  他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。
• He outlived his son by four years.
  他比儿子多活了4年。
• 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。