outlive
美音:
[´aut´lıv
]英音:
[´aut´lıv
]v.比...长命,比...耐久,渡过...而存在,经受住
难易程度:
outlive为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:outlived 过去分词:outlived 现在分词:outliving 第三人称单数:outlives
近义词, 同义词
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
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outlast Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.outlive its/your usefulnessto become no longer useful
The docks have outlived their usefulness.