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

• He has outlived his usefulness.
  他已老而无用了。
• 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。
• The U.S.dollar-Hong Kong dollar currency board, successful at the beginning, may have outlived its usefulness.
  港元与美元间的联系汇率制在建立之初很是成功，但现在或许已失去了其存在的意义。
• 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”。
• When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness.
  他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。
• He outlived his son by four years.
  他比儿子多活了4年。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。