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outlive

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v.比...长命,比...耐久,渡过...而存在,经受住

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

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outlive


/,aʊt'lɪv; aut`lɪv/
v [Tn] live longer than (sb) 比(某人)活得久
*He outlived his wife by three years. 他比妻子多活了三年.
* (fig 比喻) When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness, ie was no longer useful. 他退休时方觉得自己年老无用了. Cf 参看 outlast.

outlive


v [T]
to remain alive after someone else has died
 She outlived her husband by twenty years.
to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared
outlast
 Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.
outlive its/your usefulness
to become no longer useful
 The docks have outlived their usefulness.