outliving

英 [ˌaʊtˈlɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌaʊtˈlɪvɪŋ]

v.  比…活得长; (在…结束或消失后)继续存在
outlive的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 比…活得长;比…持久
  If one personoutlivesanother, they are still alive after the second person has died. If one thingoutlivesanother thing, the first thing continues to exist after the second has disappeared or been replaced.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• Outliving your wife is bad enough.
  失去妻子的生活已经够糟了。
• In fact, men are outliving their usefulness.
  事实上，人已经过时了，无用了。