每日一词12 outlive

意：live or last longer than

例：The one-child’s policy had outlived its usefulness.

Outlive:

1. 比…活得长，比…持久 ： he outlived his wife.

2. 某人/某物已不再有用： + one’s usefulness

例：Now you have outlived your usefulness to me.

no longer useful = outlive one’s usefulness

也可以表示某个政策虽然还存在，但已形同虚设。

例： In many startups, the standard work schedules, i.e. from 9 am to 5 pm, have has long since outlived their its usefulness. (粗斜体为对照标准例句修改后的）

作业：

每日一词12 outlive

答：

1）This traditional method approach has outlived its usefulness.

2) 情景：在很多省份，尤其是浙江，随着电子支付的流行，传统支付方式几乎已经没有用了。

造句：In many provinces, especially Zhejiang, with the mobile payment is favored by more and more people, transitional payment have nearly outlived its usefulness.