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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our current society's system of "punishment" is outmoded, inhumane, and unproductive.
  我们现今社会的“处罚”机制是过时的，不人道的，与无建构性的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• We can ill afford needless layers of bureaucracy and outmoded programs.
  我们无法忍受官僚主义的繁文缛节和不合时宜的计划。
• 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。