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outlive v.比...活得长；比...经久 (1) 他比妻子多活了三年。(2) 歌曲比训诫更能令人印象深刻.(3) 他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。(4) 世界已经存在了很久，而且还将更久远地存在下去。

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英 [ˌaʊt'lɪv] 美 [ˌaʊt'lɪv] (1) He outlived his wife by three years.(2) A song will outlive sermons in the memory.(3) When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness.(4) The world has outlived much, and will outlive a great deal more. 1[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。

英语单词	outlive
英美音标	英 [ˌaʊt'lɪv] 美 [ˌaʊt'lɪv]
中文释义	v.比...活得长；比...经久
英语例句	(1) He outlived his wife by three years. (2) A song will outlive sermons in the memory. (3) When he retired he felt that he had outlived his usefulness. (4) The world has outlived much, and will outlive a great deal more.
中文例句	(1) 他比妻子多活了三年。 (2) 歌曲比训诫更能令人印象深刻. (3) 他退休后觉得自己年老无用了。 (4) 世界已经存在了很久，而且还将更久远地存在下去。
柯林斯解释	1 [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。

Outlive Outlived Person Outlives Thing D 英 ˌaʊt'lɪv] 美