outlived
v.
比(某人)长寿,活到(某事)已被遗忘( outlive的过去式和过去分词 );
例句:
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The UN is an organisation which has long since outlived its usefulness.
联合国是一个早已形同虚设的机构。
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By the early 1980s, the power station had outlived its purpose.
这座电站到20世纪80年代初就已经失去作用了。
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He outlived his wife by three years.
他比妻子多活了三年。
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The King has already outlived two of his crown princes.
来自BBC
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I agree with Bill, the Saffir-Simpson scale has outlived any possible usefulness.
来自SA
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We would like to think that we've long outlived that kind of thinking.
来自NEWYORKER