2018-10-02 (outlive)

outlive

英英释义：live or last longer than

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

"outlive" 基本意思是“比。。。活得长，”比。。。持久 例如：he outlive his wife. 还经常与“ones usefulness搭配使用，表示某人或某物不再有用；

Now you have outlived your usefulness to me 你现在对我来说已经没什么用了。“

我们想表达”no longer useful“ 时，就可以用到 outlive ones 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。

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness. 

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. 

1) 翻译

这个传统方法已经行不通了

The traditional method has outlived its usefulness. 

2）造句

    - 场景：这个组织架构已经行不通了

    - 造句：The organizational structure has outlived its usefulness.