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

• Of course, European idealists would argue that talk of a loss of national sovereignty is outmoded.
  当然，欧洲的理想主义者可能会辩称，国家主权丧失的说法已经过时了。
• The concept of monarchy is decidedly outmoded.
  君主制度的概念肯定是过时了。
• Don't stubbornly cling to an outmoded position, especially at work or in health areas.
  在工作与健康方面，不要固执己见的坚持一些过时的观点。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Technologies change rapidly. today's cutting edge may be tomorrow's outmoded design.
  科技变化快速。今天的尖端技术明天可能就成了过时的设计。
• Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.
  水上运输已因铁路和良好的税道而变得过时了。
• Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth.
  现低的烹饪方式已经使这种生活方式过时了。
• Many people seem to have an outmoded view of what a manufacturing job or plant is today.
  对于制造业岗位或工厂，如今很多人的观点似乎都过时了。