outmoded

outmoded

英 [aʊt'məʊdɪd]
　　美 [,aʊt'modɪd]

adj. 過時的，不流行的
　　v. 使不流行（outmode的過去分詞）

中文詞源：

outmoded 過時的

out-,超過，mode,模式。比喻用法。

例句：

1. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries.
羅馬尼亞亟需援助以使其落後的工業現代化。

2. The political system has become thoroughly outmoded.
這一政治體制已經完全落伍瞭。

3. To my thinking they will be outmoded in four years.
據我看來,四年之後這些就會過時.

4. Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.
水上運輸已因鐵路和良好的稅道而變得過時瞭.

5. What hope is there, if people in positions of power continue to promote outmoded attitudes?
如果當權者仍然抱殘守缺，還有什麼希望可言？