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antiquate sth
antiquate 是及物动词，后接名词，表示“使某物过时”。
The invention of the smartphone antiquated the pager.
智能手机的发明使寻呼机过时了。
使过时；使陈旧
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使过时；使陈旧
make obsolete or old-fashioned
The invention of the smartphone antiquated the pager.
智能手机的发明使寻呼机过时了。
使变得过时或陈旧。
To cause to become old or obsolete.
antiquate
Base
原形
antiquates
3rd person
第三人称单数
antiquating
-ing
现在分词
antiquated
Past
过去式
antiquated
Past participle
过去分词
New technologies often antiquate older devices.
新技术常常使旧设备过时。
The smartphone quickly antiquated the old camera.
智能手机很快让旧相机过时了。
Digital editing has antiquated many traditional methods.
数字编辑使许多传统方法过时了。
规则动词：过去式和过去分词均为 antiquated，重音在第一音节。
New technology quickly antiquates yesterday's devices.
新技术很快使昨天的设备过时。
The invention of the smartphone antiquated the traditional camera for many casual users.
智能手机的发明使传统相机对许多普通用户来说过时了。
Some people worry that automation will antiquate many manual jobs.
有些人担心自动化将使许多体力工作过时。
antiquate 是及物动词，后接名词，表示“使某物过时”。
The invention of the smartphone antiquated the pager.
智能手机的发明使寻呼机过时了。
被动语态 be antiquated by 表示“被……废弃/使过时”。
The old rules were antiquated by the new law.
旧规则被新法律废弃了。
Not this
This is an antiquate method.
Use this
This is an antiquated method.
antiquate 是及物动词，表示“使过时”；修饰名词时要用过去分词形容词 antiquated（过时的），不能直接用动词原形。
Not this
The old system will antiquate soon.
Use this
The old system will be antiquated soon.
antiquate 是及物动词，必须有宾语；表示“变得过时”时不能用主动语态，而要用 be/become antiquated 的系表结构。
Not this
My phone is antique, so I want a new one.
Use this
My phone is antiquated, so I want a new one.
antique 指“古老的（且有价值的）”，antiquated 才表示“过时的、陈旧的”；形容设备落伍时应用 antiquated。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使系统过时
The new regulation could antiquate the entire voting system.
新法规可能使整个投票系统过时。
使传统做法过时
Digitalization has antiquated many traditional practices.
数字化使许多传统做法过时。
变得过时
Without regular updates, the software quickly becomes antiquated.
如果不定期更新，该软件很快就会过时。
Use antiquate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想antique（古董）加动词后缀-ate：把新东西变成古董，就是‘使过时、使陈旧’。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary or academic prose 该词比较正式，多用于书面或文学语境，意为“使过时、使陈旧”；日常口语很少用，普通场合说make something obsolete会更自然。
antiquate 读作 /ˈæntikweit/，重音在首音节，末尾 -quate 发 /kweɪt/。所列词中没有真正押韵的词：adequate 和 intricate 虽以 -ate 结尾但作形容词时读 /ət/，与 /eɪt/ 不同；anticipate 与 antiquate 只是拼写上都有 anti-，重音和元音都不同；antique 拼写以 -ique 结尾，读音为 /ænˈtiːk/，也容易混淆；create 的 -ate 发 /eɪt/，但重音落在结尾。communicate 可显示 -ate 动词常发 /eɪt/ 的拼读规律。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.