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每日一词之outlive

每日一词之outlive

作者: Yvettetaitai | 来源:发表于2018-10-02 22:07 被阅读0次

词:outlive

  1. 认识这个词(基础篇)
    英英释义:live or last longer than

例句:The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.

  1. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)

“outlive”的基本意思是“比…活得长”、“比…持久”,例如 He outlived his wife. 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.

句型提炼:
Sb outlives sb.
X has outlived its usefulness.

我们想表达“no longer useful”时,就
可以用到 outlive one’s usefulness 这个常见表达。例如某个政策虽然还存在,但是实际上已经没有效力了,这时就可以说:

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.(注意这里的时态是过去完成时。由于计划生育政策已经被废除了,存在于废除这个动作的过去,所以使用了过去完成时。)

类似地,“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
这个传统方法已经行不通了。
The traditional approach has outlived its usefulness.)

场景:S基金是一个早已形同虚设的机构。
造句:S Fund is an organisation which has long since outlived its usefulness.

场景:这些设备已经无用了。
造句:These devices have outlive their usefulness.

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