"outliving" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 比...活得久

Definition

比另一個人、生物或事物活得更久；在對方去世或結束後依然存活。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較正式或文學用語，通常是指比某人或某物活得更久。通常跟在對象後（如 'outliving her dog'）。不要用於一般‘經歷災難而存活’的場合。

Examples

She is outliving all her friends.

她正在**比**她所有的朋友**活得久**。

The oak tree is outliving the nearby buildings.

這棵橡樹**比**旁邊的建築**活得久**。

He ended up outliving his own children.

他最終**比**自己的孩子們**活得久**。

None of us expected Grandma to end up outliving Grandpa by twenty years.

我們誰也沒想到奶奶竟然比爺爺**多活了**二十年。

Their old dog kept outliving all the puppies they brought home.

他們家的老狗一直**比**他們帶回家的所有小狗**活得久**。

Technology is changing so fast these days, it feels like nothing is outliving its usefulness for very long.

如今科技發展太快，感覺所有東西都**沒有用多久就過時了**。