10.2 outlive

10.2 outlive

英英释义：live or last longer than

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

解析：本意是比…活得长。例如：He outlived his life.

搭配：outlived one’s usefulness

可替换：no longer useful

例1：表示某人或某物不再有用。比如：“你现在对我来说，已经没什么用了”

Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.

例:2：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。）

:例3：“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。）

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子：

这个传统方法已经行不通了。

The conventional methods has outlived its usefulness.

（参考翻译：The traditional approach has outlived its usefulness.）

2）场景：用磁带听歌已经过时了。

翻译：Tapes have outlived its usefulness.