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

• "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。
• 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。
• When I look into myself, I find my strongest desire is to create a monument, to build something which will outlast me.
  当我观察自己时，我发现我最强的欲望是创造一个铭记，建筑某些可以遗留身后的东西。
• It is guaranteed to outlast your car.
  这是保证终年贵车。
• 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。
• If it works, his poem could outlast the human race.
  如果成功的话，他的诗寿命可以长过所有人类。
• These old buildings will outlast many built this century.
  这些古老的建筑要比本世纪建造的许多建筑更经久牢固。
• 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。
• You can outlast the Energizer bunny.
  你比劲量的兔子更持久。
• Tyranny pre-dated Mr Bush and will outlast him.
  专制政权在布什之前就存在，在他之后还会存在。