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

• 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？
• The concept of monarchy is decidedly outmoded.
  君主制度的概念肯定是过时了。
• He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
  他还死守着他那些过了时的信条。
• 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。
• Replacing outmoded federal training assistance with personal re-employment accounts should be combined with tax subsidies and education reforms that increase the affordability of community college, technical training and university.
  用个人再就业账户取代过时的联邦培训补助时，应与税收补贴和教育改革结合起来&通过教育改革，可以让更多的人上得起社区大学、技术培训学校和大学。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some 20 years ago, following the crumbling of the Soviet system, this would have seemed outmoded.
  近20年前，苏联体制瓦解之后，这个理论似乎就过时了。
• 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。
• The country has finally abandoned the outmoded veritiesof the past and adopted a more open outlook.
  这个国家最终废弃了过去那过时的真理观，采纳了一种更加开放的观点。