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

• That bitch will outlive us all.
  那贱人会比我们都长命。
• They all survive serious cold winters and ought to outlive all of us.
  它们可以适应非常寒冷的冬天，而且应该长于我们所有人的寿命。
• 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。
• 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。
• I certainly hope I won't outlive any of my children.
  我当然不希望比我的任何一个孩子活得长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As Bernard Arnault says, the building and all it represents will outlive us all.
  就像贝尔纳·阿尔诺说的，这座建筑以及它所代表的一切将比我们所有人存在得更长久。
• 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。