outdated

英 [ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd]

美 [ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd]

adj.  过时的; 陈旧的
v.  使过时；使落伍；使陈旧
outdate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：outdated　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 过时的；陈旧的
  no longer useful because of being old-fashioned
  1. outdated equipment
     过时的设备
  2. These figures are now outdated.
     这些数字现在已经过时。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过时的；陈旧的；老式的；废弃的
  If you describe something asoutdated, you mean that you think it is old-fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life.
  1. ...outdated and inefficient factories...
     陈旧、低效的工厂
  2. ...outdated attitudes...
     过时的看法
  3. Caryl Churchill's play about Romania is already outdated.
     卡里尔·丘吉尔关于罗马尼亚的戏剧已经过时了。

英英释义

adj

• old
  1. obsolete words
  2. an obsolete locomotive
  3. outdated equipment
  4. superannuated laws
  5. out-of-date ideas
  Synonym:out-of-datesuperannuated

双语例句

• We should abandon outdated conventions and bad customs.
  我们应该抛弃这些陈规陋习。
• It is dangerous to cling to outdated ideas and theories.
  坚持过时的观点和理论是很危险的。
• Obsolete words; an obsolete locomotive; outdated equipment; superannuated laws; out-of-date ideas.
  被废弃了的词语；被废弃了的火车头；过时的设备；废弃了的法律；过时的思想。
• The tourists snigger at the locals 'outdated ways and dress
  游客们偷偷地取笑当地人落伍的做法和衣着。
• But hopes that the two countries would embrace the western political model now seem outdated and naive.
  但是，有关这两国将接受西方政治模式的希望，现在看来似乎不仅过时，而且也是太天真了。
• We want to get away from the politics of outdated dogmatism and class confrontation.
  我们想摒弃过时的教条主义和阶级对抗的政治观点。
• Sweden needs to cast aside outdated policies and thinking
  瑞典必须摒弃过时的政策和思维。
• I strongly disagree with this outdated notion.
  我很强烈地反对这种过时的观点。
• The dictionary must be outdated.
  这本字典一定过时了。
• The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated
  把盗窃艺术品看作是一种绅士犯罪的观念已经过时了。