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

• The building has outlived its usefulness.
  这座楼房已超过使用年限了。
• She outlived her husband by many years.
  她比她丈夫长命几年。
• I think they've outlived their usefulness.
  我觉得他们寿命比有效期要长。
• 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。
• However, he remained master of Mongolia and Turkestan, and outlived Kublai.
  不过他仍然是蒙古和突厥斯坦的首领，死于忽必烈之后。
• The machine had outlived its usefulness.
  这机器已无用了。
• His reputation and achievements outlived him.
  他虽已去世，但他的名望和成就依然存在。
• The dual mandate has outlived its usefulness.
  双重使命已经失去了效用。
• 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。
• Many people think the system has outlived its usefulness.
  许多人认为该系统已经不再有用了。