每日一词 outlive

outlive的基本意思是“比…活得长”、“比…持久”，近义词 outlast  survive

例如 He outlived his wife.

On the other hand, the ultra-marathoner might outlive us all.

Outlive 还经常和 one’s usefulness 搭配使用，表示某人或某物不再有用。想说：“你现在对我来说，已经没什么用了”，就可以说：

Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.

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。）

翻译

The traditional way has outlived its usefulness.

造句

  Gradually the cash registers has outlived Its usefulness. The electronic payment has become much more popular.