outlive
verb
aʊtˈlɪv
verb
1
to
remain
alive
after
someone
else
has
died
比…活得久
She
outlived
her
husband
by
twenty
years.
她比她丈夫多活了二十年。
2
to
continue
to
exist
after
something
else
has
ended
or
disappeared
比…经久;
Good
books
have
a
way
of
outliving
those
who
want
to
ban
them.
优秀的书籍总是比那些想要禁掉它们的人更长寿。
3
outlive its/your usefulness
to
become
no
longer
useful
已不再有用了
The
docks
have
outlived
their
usefulness.
这些码头已经没用了。