每日一词之outlive

词：outlive

例句：The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.

“outlive”的基本意思是“比…活得长”、“比…持久”，例如 He outlived his wife. Outlive 还经常和 one’s usefulness 搭配使用，表示某人或某物不再有用。想说：“你现在对我来说，已经没什么用了”，就可以说：

Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.

句型提炼：

Sb outlives **.

X has outlived its usefulness.

我们想表达“no longer useful”时，就

可以用到 outlive one’s usefulness 这个常见表达。例如某个政策虽然还存在，但是实际上已经没有效力了，这时就可以说：

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.（注意这里的时态是过去完成时。由于计划生育政策已经被废除了，存在于废除这个动作的过去，所以使用了过去完成时。）

类似地，“在创业公司，标准的作息制度早已形同虚设”就可以说：

In startups the conventional/standard work schedule, i.e. from 9 am to 5 pm, has long since outlived its usefulness.（很多创业公司采用的是“996”模式，早 9 点到晚 9 点，一周上 6 天班。）

翻译

这个传统方法已经行不通了。

The traditional approach has outlived its usefulness.）

场景：S基金是一个早已形同虚设的机构。

造句：S Fund is an organisation which has long since outlived its usefulness.

场景：这些设备已经无用了。

造句：These devices have outlive their usefulness.

outlive是什么意思

outlive意思：v. 比...活得长；比...经久

一、读音：英 [ˌaʊt'lɪv] ；美 [ˌaʊt'lɪv] 　 　

二、例句：

He outlived his wife by three years.

他比妻子多活了三年。

三、词汇用法/搭配：

1、第三人称单数：outlives

2、现在分词：outliving

3、过去式：outlived

4、过去分词：outlived

扩展资料：

近义词：survive

一、意思：

vt. 幸免于难；存活；艰难度过；比 ... 活得长

vi. 活着；继续存在

二、读音：英 [sə'vaɪv]；美 [sər'vaɪv] 　 　

三、例句：

These birds are able to survive the perils of the Arctic winter.

这些鸟能在北极寒冷的冬天里生存。

四、词汇用法/搭配：

1、survive all perils 大难不死

2、survive the assaults 遭到攻击后幸存

3、survive disaster 幸免于难

每日一词12 outlive

意：live or last longer than

例：The one-child’s policy had outlived its usefulness.

Outlive:

1. 比…活得长，比…持久 ： he outlived his wife.

2. 某人/某物已不再有用： + one’s usefulness

例：Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.

no longer useful = outlive one’s usefulness

也可以表示某个政策虽然还存在，但已 形同虚设。

例： In many startups, the standard work schedule s , i.e. from 9 am to 5 pm, have has long since outlived their its usefulness. (粗斜体为对照标准例句修改后的）

作业：

答：

1）This traditional method approach has outlived its usefulness.

2) 情景：在很多省份，尤其是浙江，随着电子支付的流行，传统支付方式几乎已经没有用了。

造句：In many provinces, especially Zhejiang, with the mobile payment is favored by more and more people, transitional payment have nearly outlived its usefulness.