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

• Outmoded ideas, styles, views, etc.
  陈旧的观念、款式、看法等。
• 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；
• To my thinking they will be outmoded in four years.
  据我看来，四年之后这些就会过时。
• He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
  他还死守着他那些过了时的信条。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Russian companies were perceived by some as having poor management practices and structures, using outmoded technology.
  一些人认为俄罗斯企业缺乏管理、结构混乱、技术陈旧。
• 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。
• 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。