"obsolete" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 过时的
• 淘汰的

Definition

因有了更新的东西而不再使用或需要；过时的。常用来形容技术、产品或观念。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常较正式，多用于技术、学术场合。常用于形容产品、技术、想法，不用于描述人。常见搭配有“obsolete technology”，“become obsolete”。

Examples

This computer is obsolete and cannot run new programs.

这台电脑已经**过时**，无法运行新程序。

Typewriters have become obsolete in most offices.

打字机在大多数办公室已经**过时**了。

That law is now obsolete and no longer used.

那条法律现在已经**废弃**不用了。

Smartphones have made pay phones almost obsolete.

智能手机几乎让公用电话完全**过时**了。

Some software quickly becomes obsolete as technology advances.

由于技术进步，有些软件很快就会**过时**。

Fashion trends change so fast that clothes can seem obsolete in just one season.

时尚趋势变化很快，衣服一个季节后就可能看起来**过时**。