obsolete

英 [ˈɒbsəliːt]

美 [ˌɑːbsəˈliːt]

adj.  淘汰的; 废弃的; 过时的
vt.  淘汰; 废弃

过去分词：obsoleted　现在分词：obsoleting　过去式：obsoleted　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC

Collins.1 / BNC.11255 / COCA.8876

牛津词典

adj.

• 淘汰的；废弃的；过时的
  no longer used because sth new has been invented
  1. obsolete technology
     过时技术
  2. With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.
     随着技术的革新，许多传统技艺已被淘汰。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过时的；废弃的；淘汰的
  Something that isobsoleteis no longer needed because something better has been invented.
  1. So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made.
     这么多设备几乎一生产出来就要被淘汰。

英英释义

adj

• no longer in use
  1. obsolete words
  Synonym:disused

双语例句

• Nuclear weapons and the rise of the developmental state have made war among great powers obsolete.
  核武器和发展中国家的崛起，已使大国之间的战争成为过时。
• The obsolete ALTER statement provides the same function as EVALUATE.
  已被废弃的ALTER语句提供了与EVALUATE相同的功能。
• The destruction of obsolete messages conserves storage and computing resources.
  陈废消息的销毁保护了存储和计算资源。
• It is an impressive technological improvement but one that is already obsolete.
  这确实是一大技术改进，但也早已过时了。
• ( Obsolete) Controls whether the text in the edit control can be changed or not.
  （过时）控制是否可以更改编辑控件中的文本。
• But today the concept of country of origin is obsolete.
  但今天，原产国的概念已经过时了。
• ( Obsolete) The background color used to display text and graphics in the control.
  （过时）用于显示控件中文本和图形的背景色。
• So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made.
  这么多设备几乎一生产出来就要被淘汰。
• This ensures that developers will not waste time and effort coding against obsolete requirements.
  作为开发人员不能依赖电子邮件时间标记，您可以保证不以一个过时版本的需求文档开始工作，从而不浪费时间和精力。
• The word itself is so rare as to be almost obsolete.
  这词本身就十分罕见，几乎要淘汰了。