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obsolete adj.已废弃的；过时的 (1) 军队计划淘汰这些设备，因为它们已经报废了。(2) 这个词的此类用法已经废弃了。(3) 那过时的政权即将崩溃。(4) 你老是信赖一个过时的观点。 Obsolete is from the Latin obsolescere "to fall into disuse," and it is a very handy adjective for anything that is no longer used, from words to factories to computer software to ways of thinking. Something that is obsolete has usually been displaced by a newer, shinier innovation. Compact discs made records and cassettes obsolete, and then downloadable digital music files made compact discs obsolete.

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英 ['ɒbsəliːt] 美 [ˌɑːbsə'liːt] (1) The army plans to phase out the equipment as it becomes obsolete.(2) This usage of the word is obsolete.(3) The obsolete regime is about to collapse.(4) You always depend on an obsolete viewpoint. Use the adjective obsolete for something that is out of date. As the Rolling Stones song "Out of Time" goes, "You're obsolete, my baby, my poor old-fashioned baby." 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]过时的；废弃的；淘汰的 Something that is obsolete is no longer needed because something better has been invented. So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made.这么多设备几乎一生产出来就要被淘汰。

英语单词	obsolete
英美音标	英 ['ɒbsəliːt] 美 [ˌɑːbsə'liːt]
中文释义	adj.已废弃的；过时的
英语例句	(1) The army plans to phase out the equipment as it becomes obsolete. (2) This usage of the word is obsolete. (3) The obsolete regime is about to collapse. (4) You always depend on an obsolete viewpoint.
中文例句	(1) 军队计划淘汰这些设备，因为它们已经报废了。 (2) 这个词的此类用法已经废弃了。 (3) 那过时的政权即将崩溃。 (4) 你老是信赖一个过时的观点。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective obsolete for something that is out of date. As the Rolling Stones song "Out of Time" goes, "You're obsolete, my baby, my poor old-fashioned baby."
vocabulary扩展	Obsolete is from the Latin obsolescere "to fall into disuse," and it is a very handy adjective for anything that is no longer used, from words to factories to computer software to ways of thinking. Something that is obsolete has usually been displaced by a newer, shinier innovation. Compact discs made records and cassettes obsolete, and then downloadable digital music files made compact discs obsolete.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]过时的；废弃的；淘汰的 Something that is obsolete is no longer needed because something better has been invented. So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made. 这么多设备几乎一生产出来就要被淘汰。

Obsolete Equipment Adjective Longer Compact Discs Made 英