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Outlive Outlived Outlives ˌaʊtˈlɪv Exist Disappeared Verb Longer

The word "outlive" means to live longer than someone else or to continue to exist after something else has disappeared or been replaced. It implies lasting longer than another person or thing.

The word "outlive" means to live longer than someone else or to continue to exist after something else has disappeared or been replaced. It implies lasting longer than another person or thing.

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outlive ★☆☆☆☆
/a͟ʊtlɪ̱v/
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[VERB 动词]比…活得长;比…持久 If one person outlives another, they are still alive after the second person has died. If one thing outlives another thing, the first thing continues to exist after the second has disappeared or been replaced.
  [V n]
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。


Oxford out·live / ˌaʊtˈlɪv ; NAmE ˌaʊtˈlɪv / verb 1 outlivesb to live longer than sb 比…活得长 He outlived his wife by three years. 他比妻子多活了三年。 2 outlivesth to continue to exist after sth else has ended or disappeared (在…结束或消失后)继续存在 The machine had outlived its usefulness (= was no longer useful). 这机器已无用了。 outlive outlives outlived outliving out·live / ˌaʊtˈlɪv ; NAmE ˌaʊtˈlɪv /
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outliveout‧live /aʊtˈlɪv/ verb [transitive]
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1to remain alive after someone else has died:  She outlived her husband by 20 years.2to continue to exist after something else has ended or disappearedoutlast:  Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.3outlive its/your usefulness to become no longer useful:  The docks have outlived their usefulness.
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[ˌaʊtˈlɪv]outlived, outliving, outlives

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outlived[479]
比...经久(50%),比...活得长(50%)
vt.比…活得长;比…经久;经受住;渡过…而存在

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