outlive

英 [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]

美 [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]

v.  比…活得长; (在…结束或消失后)继续存在

过去分词：outlived　过去式：outlived　第三人称单数：outlives　现在分词：outliving　

Collins.1 / BNC.18496 / COCA.13991

牛津词典

verb

• 比…活得长
  to live longer than sb
  1. He outlived his wife by three years.
     他比妻子多活了三年。
• （在…结束或消失后）继续存在
  to continue to exist after sth else has ended or disappeared
  1. The machine had outlived its usefulness (= was no longer useful) .
     这机器已无用了。

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。

英英释义

verb

• live longer than
  1. She outlived her husband by many years
  Synonym:outlastsurvive

双语例句

• The tragedy of Mr Gorbachev's personal life was to outlive his beloved wife, Raisa.
  戈尔巴乔夫个人生活的悲剧，是挚爱的妻子赖莎先于他离开人世。
• She doesn't drink or smoke and I'm sure she'll outlive= live longer than us all.
  她不喝酒不抽烟，我肯定她比我们活得长。
• He said: 'When my wife came downstairs she said that Atlas is supposed to outlive us.
  他说：当我妻子下楼的时候，她说Atlas当时可能会离我们而去。
• Textbook. she'll outlive us all.
  非常成功。她会比我们活的都久。
• Psychology experts reckon people whose first name begins with A outlive by10 years those whose initial is D.
  心理学专家统计发现，名字首字母为A的人要比首字母为D的人多活10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。
• Ship outlive the storm Don't chance sailing in a storm.
  不要冒险在风暴中航行。
• It could outlive many applications, processes, and physical data sources.
  它可以比众多应用程序、流程和物理数据源的存在时间更长。
• However, you should not get too impatient because sometimes it takes time to outlive your past mistakes.
  但是，不要太没耐心，因为克服过去犯下的错误有时需要很长时间。
• Some of these friendships in the office will outlive the job; others will not.
  有些办公室友谊能让工作充满乐趣，有些则不然。