单词 | outdate |
释义 | outdatev. transitive. To put out of date, make (a thing) out of date or obsolete. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > make or regard as obsolete outdate1599 obsolete1640 superannuate1649 outplace1928 to phase out1951 1599 J. Weever Epigrammes sig. F7v My Cosens life (I heare) is new out dated, And all his pounds could not pay for two yeares. 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 253 Then, O be pleasd that I..May celebrate Thine Honors praise; which Heauen and Earth doth fill; And make the same both Time and Death out-date. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 110 Imagining to himself an Over-sight and Preterition, [he] outdateth, by his Stay, his Protection. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xix. 178 The ceremonial Law..expired and was outdated, when the Things typified and signified thereby were accomplished. 1868 J. G. Whittier Among Hills 92 As if the Sermon on the Mount had been Outdated like a last year's almanac. 1958 Polit. Sci. Q. 73 398 The tendency of events to outdate interpretations of political behavior almost as soon as they have been advanced. 1990 Music Technol. Apr. 4/1 When does the love of technical development turn into fear of your gear becoming outdated? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : † out-dateadj. < v.1599 see also |
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