| 单词 | obsolete |
| 释义 | obsolete (once / 1314 pages) adj Use the adjective obsolete for something that is out of date. As the Rolling Stones song "Out of Time" goes, "You're obsolete, my baby, my poor old-fashioned baby." Obsolete is from the Latin obsolescere "to fall into disuse," and it is a very handy adjective for anything that is no longer used, from words to factories to computer software to ways of thinking. Something that is obsolete has usually been displaced by a newer, shinier innovation. Compact discs made records and cassettes obsolete, and then downloadable digital music files made compact discs obsolete. WORD FAMILYobsolete: obsoletely, obsoleteness, obsoletest USAGE EXAMPLESIndeed, the very term “superpower” may be misleading or obsolete. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs anticipate a time when robots and artificial intelligence will render many of today’s jobs obsolete. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) This would render China’s nuclear deterrent effectively obsolete, all but forcing it to compensate. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) adj no longer in use obsolete words Syn disused noncurrent not current or belonging to the present time |
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