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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• In this respect, our system of selecting cadres is outmoded.
  从这方面来看，我们选拔干部的制度是落后的。
• 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。