outmoded

英 [ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd]

美 [ˌaʊtˈmoʊdɪd]

adj.  过时的; 已无用的
v.  使过时；使不流行；变旧；变不流行
outmode的过去分词和过去式

TOEFLGRE经济

BNC.18486 / COCA.17416

牛津词典

adj.

• 过时的；已无用的
  no longer fashionable or useful
  1. an outmoded attitude
     陈腐的观点

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过时的；老式的；废弃的；无用的
  If you describe something asoutmoded, you mean that you think it is old-fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life.
  1. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries...
     罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
  2. What hope is there, if people in positions of power continue to promote outmoded attitudes?...
     如果当权者仍然抱残守缺，还有什么希望可言？
  3. The political system has become thoroughly outmoded.
     这一政治体制已经完全落伍了。

英英释义

adj

• out of fashion
  1. a suit of rather antique appearance
  2. demode (or outmoded) attire
  3. outmoded ideas
  Synonym:antiquedemodeexold-fashionedold-hat(p)passepassee

双语例句

• Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.
  水上运输已因铁路和良好的税道而变得过时了。
• Don't stubbornly cling to an outmoded position, especially at work or in health areas.
  在工作与健康方面，不要固执己见的坚持一些过时的观点。
• Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries
  罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
• In this respect, our system of selecting cadres is outmoded.
  从这方面来看，我们选拔干部的制度是落后的。
• Our current society's system of "punishment" is outmoded, inhumane, and unproductive.
  我们现今社会的“处罚”机制是过时的，不人道的，与无建构性的。
• We should abandon all outmoded conventions and customs to keep pace with new era.
  我们要抛弃陈规陋习以跟上新时代的步伐。
• He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
  他还死守着他那些过了时的信条。
• Outmoded ideas, styles, views, etc.
  陈旧的观念、款式、看法等。
• To my thinking they will be outmoded in four years.
  据我看来，四年之后这些就会过时。
• Some of my classmate still hugs their outmoded beliefs.
  我们班上的一些同学仍然坚持他们成名的信念。