outlast

英 [ˌaʊtˈlɑːst]

美 [ˌaʊtˈlæst]

v.  比…持续时间长

过去式：outlasted　第三人称单数：outlasts　过去分词：outlasted　现在分词：outlasting　

TOEFL

BNC.20453 / COCA.16795

牛津词典

verb

• 比…持续时间长
  to continue to exist or take part in an activity for a longer time than sb/sth
  1. He can outlast anyone on the dance floor.
     在舞场上，他比谁都能跳。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 比…活得长；比…持久
  If one thingoutlastsanother thing, the first thing lives or exists longer than the second.
  1. These naturally dried flowers will outlast a bouquet of fresh blooms...
     这些自然风干的花会比一束鲜花更加持久。
  2. People should listen to his music —it will outlast us all.
     人们应该听听他的音乐——它会是超越时间的经典。

英英释义

verb

• live longer than
  1. She outlived her husband by many years
  Synonym:outlivesurvive

双语例句

• If you do not have peer envy problem, you will outlast any fashion fad.
  如果你没有同辈妒忌问题，你就会从中逃过任何的流行时尚。
• The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
  人生的伟大用途，是花在那些超越一生果效的事情上。
• But will the senator's luck outlast the primary season?
  现在问题是麦凯恩的好运气还将继续吗？
• And it gives us an very nice analogy of somebody whose, you know, a coat which could outlast the owner, but it isn't immortal.
  他给了我们一个很好的类比，某人的大衣可以，比它的主人存在更久，但它并不是不朽的。
• Welcome to Zombies, a turn-based game where the only goal is to outlast and destroy the zombies before they do the same to you.
  欢迎僵尸，一个回合制游戏，唯一的目标就是要拖垮和摧毁僵尸，才做给你一样。
• What can you build that will outlast all?
  有什麽可以历久不衰？
• To create something meaningful rather than ephemeral: "what we make will outlast us"
  可以创造一些有长久意义而不是短暂即逝的东西：“我们所创造的要长久过我们自己”
• "LIKE vampires in the dead of the night", rating agencies" will outlast us all", said Bill Gross of PIMCO, a fund manager, this month.
  比尔·格罗斯在这个月称：“评级机构‘就像夜深人静时候的吸血鬼一样，将比我们所有人都长寿’。”他是太平洋投资管理公司的一名基金经理。
• Many analysts believe that the flight to private labels will outlast the downturn.
  很多分析家相信，消费者转买自有品牌不只是经济衰退下的暂时行为。
• I'll go further: I bet a bottle you won't outlast the year.
  我再进一步：我赌一瓶酒，你们俩今年就会结束。