outmoded

英 [ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd]

美 [ˌaʊtˈmoʊdɪd]

adj.  过时的; 已无用的
v.  使过时；使不流行；变旧；变不流行
outmode的过去分词和过去式

TOEFLGRE经济

BNC.18486 / COCA.17416

牛津词典

adj.

• 过时的；已无用的
  no longer fashionable or useful
  1. an outmoded attitude
     陈腐的观点

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过时的；老式的；废弃的；无用的
  If you describe something asoutmoded, you mean that you think it is old-fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life.
  1. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries...
     罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
  2. What hope is there, if people in positions of power continue to promote outmoded attitudes?...
     如果当权者仍然抱残守缺，还有什么希望可言？
  3. The political system has become thoroughly outmoded.
     这一政治体制已经完全落伍了。

英英释义

adj

• out of fashion
  1. a suit of rather antique appearance
  2. demode (or outmoded) attire
  3. outmoded ideas
  Synonym:antiquedemodeexold-fashionedold-hat(p)passepassee

双语例句

• They have taken aboard new cargo and jettisoned some outmoded gear.
  他们装上新的货物，并把一些陈旧过时的装备抛弃。
• Lenin's theory on the proletarian party and the dictatorship of the proletariat is by no means "outmoded", as alleged by certain people.
  列宁关于无产阶级政党和无产阶级专政的理论，决没有像有些人说的那样已经过时。
• I was the guy with the outmoded TV and the ill-fitting jeans;
  我买到那台过时电视机，买穿着不合适牛仔；
• He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
  他还死守着他那些过了时的信条。
• I don't see fountain pens as old-fashioned or outmoded.
  我不认为钢笔是不合时宜的或过时的。
• We should abandon all outmoded conventions and customs to keep pace with new era.
  我们要抛弃陈规陋习以跟上新时代的步伐。
• To my thinking they will be outmoded in four years.
  据我看来，四年之后这些就会过时。
• Some of my classmate still hugs their outmoded beliefs.
  我们班上的一些同学仍然坚持他们成名的信念。
• If you only extend into places where your skill sets serve you, your skills will become outmoded.
  如果你只涉猎你能力所及的领域，那么你的技能就会过时。
• He held onto the Motorola devices that had been outmoded by Apple's iPhone.
  他保留了摩托罗拉被苹果的iPhone赶超的产品。