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。
• 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。
• Probably that is why a good song can outlive all sermons.
  这大致可以解释为什么在记忆中，一手好歌胜过所有的说教。
• British collusion in such destruction is a scandal that will outlive any passing conflict.
  英国共谋此次破坏行动，这种丑行的恶劣影响将超过任何其他短暂的冲突。
• Which is why some Asian empires will struggle to outlive their founders.
  这就是为什么一些亚洲家族帝国竭尽努力使其企业寿命长过其创办人。
• Peter Drucker asked entrepreneurs if they really wanted to build an institution that would outlive them.
  管理大师彼得•德鲁克曾问一些企业家：是否真正想要创建一个比自己存活得更久的企业。
• Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance.
  这一点都不奇怪，愿望的寿命要超过行动很多年。
• What nobody could predict was that the new threat would long outlive the old one.
  大家没能预料到的是，新威胁比旧威胁历时更久。
• 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。
• That bitch will outlive us all.
  那贱人会比我们都长命。