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outlive sb
指某人的寿命比另一个人更长。
She outlived her husband.
她比她丈夫活得久。
比……活得长；比……经久
outliving — present participle of outlive
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比……活得长；比……经久
live longer than somebody or something
She outlived her husband.
她比她丈夫活得久。
比......活得长；在......死后继续活着；幸存。
To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
经历或活过(某段时间)。
To live through or past (a given time).
在持续时间上超过；比......持久。
To surpass in duration; outlast.
活得更久；继续活着。
To live longer; continue to live.
outlive
Base
原形
outlives
3rd person
第三人称单数
outliving
-ing
现在分词
outlived
Past
过去式
outlived
Past participle
过去分词
In this story, the hero outlives all his enemies.
在这个故事里，主人公比所有敌人都活得久。
He outlived his younger brother.
他比他弟弟活得久。
The company has outlived many of its competitors.
这家公司比它的许多竞争者存在得更久。
及物动词，表示寿命或存在时间长于另一个对象；也可表示经历某事（如风暴、危机）后依然健在。
She outlived her husband by twenty years.
她比丈夫多活了二十年。
The old clock has outlived three generations of our family.
这只旧钟比我们家三代人存在得都久。
The little boat outlived the violent storm.
小船挺过了猛烈的风暴。
指某人的寿命比另一个人更长。
She outlived her husband.
她比她丈夫活得久。
用于事物时，表示比另一事物存在得更久、更经久。
The tree outlived the house that once stood beside it.
这棵树比曾经立在它旁边的房子活得还久。
用于风暴、危机等困难时，表示“熬过、幸存下来”。
The ship outlived the storm.
这艘船挺过了风暴。
Not this
She outlived than her husband.
Use this
She outlived her husband.
outlive 本身是及物动词，意思是“比……活得长”，后面直接接比较对象，不能再加 than。
Not this
He outlived his wife for ten years.
Use this
He outlived his wife by ten years.
表达“比……多活了多少年”时，要用 by 引出相差的时长，例如 by ten years；for ten years 表示动作持续一段时间，不能表示相差的数目。
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不再有用却继续存在；超过其有效期限
The old software has outlived its usefulness and is no longer worth updating.
这款旧软件已经没有用处，不再值得更新了。
比某多人多活很多年
He outlived his wife by many years.
他比妻子多活了许多年。
比自己的孩子活得久；白发人送黑发人
No parent expects to outlive their child.
没有父母会预料到自己比孩子活得更久。
经受住（风暴或危机）而存活下来
The old bridge has outlived every storm in the past hundred years.
这座老桥在过去一百年里经受住了每一次风暴的考验。
失去用处，不再有用
This old policy has outlived its usefulness.
这项旧政策已经失去用处了。
待得太久不再受欢迎
After a week, I felt I had outlived my welcome at their house.
一周之后，我感觉到自己在他们家待得太久，已经不受欢迎了。
存在得超过其寿命，已无存在价值
That tradition has outlived itself and should be abolished.
那个传统已经失去存在的意义，应当废除。
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记法：out（超出）+ live（活）→ 活得超过别人，即比…长寿。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、书面叙述 通常用于中性语境，既可以指人比另一人活得久，也可以指事物持续存在的时间更长；在正式写作和日常口语中都比较常见。
作“比……活得长/更持久”解时，宾语可以是人、事物或时间段；作“度过……而幸存”解时，宾语常为困难或事件。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.