outlive 2018-10-02

outlive

2018-10-02

outlive

outlive: live or last longer than 比……活得长

outlive后面不加介词，直接加对象，表示比谁活得长

He outlived his wife.
"We don't want to outlive our children," said Mrs Roberts.

outlive one's usefulness ……不再有用了/形同虚设/没有用
后面可以加人，表示某人对什么已经没用了；也可以加物品，表示什么东西已经失去效力了

The law has outlived its usefulness.

translation

• The traditional method is outlived it's usefulness.

sentence-making

• 对于某些小人来说，人就是拿来利用的，当你对他没有利用价值，他就会对你态度恶劣。
  The only reason Helen scolded you is that you have outlived your usefulness.