词:outlive
英英释义:live or last longer than
“outlive”的基本意思是“比…活得长”、“比…持久”,例如 He outlived his wife.
常用搭配:
outlive one’s usefulness
≈no longer useful
表示某人或某物不再有用。
例句1
“你现在对我来说,已经没什么用了”:
Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.
例句2
计划生育政策已经没有效力了:
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。)
例句3
“在创业公司,标准的作息制度早已形同虚设”:
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。)
希望大家可以积极参与“打卡造句”挑战,帮助自己持续行动,不要让它outlive its usefulness。
try:
Hope everyone can participate actively in the challenge of Making a Sentence to Add a Record to help yourself keep doing and don't miss the optimal time.
疑问:
outlive one's usefulness有可以做形容词/宾语的用法吗?