superannuated
- adj. 过时的；退休的；老朽的
- v. 退休；变陈旧（superannuate 的过去分词）
英英释义
superannuated [ ,sju:pər'ænjueitid ]
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adj.
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discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension
"a superannuated civil servant"
同义词： retired
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too old to be useful
"He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"
同义词： overage overaged over-the-hill
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old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable
"superannuated laws"
同义词： obsolete outdated out-of-date
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discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
superannuated /ˌsuːpərˈænjʊˌeɪtɪd/
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ADJ If you describe something as superannuated, you mean that it is old and no longer used for its original purpose. 废弃不用的; 过时的 [正式] [usu ADJ n]
例：...the superannuated idealism of the Sixties.
...早已过时的六十年代的理想主义。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Your car would be superannuated early.
你的汽车早就该淘汰了。
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Are you still riding that superannuated old bike?
你还骑那辆老掉牙的自行车吗？
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Only an occasional banana grove or superannuated rubber plantation offers a spot of variety.
偶尔有片香蕉林或是废弃的橡胶园，才为景色增添了一丝变化。
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Finally, Milton's poem is late by virtue of the simple fact that it's written in the form of an epic. An epic might have seemed like a great idea when Milton was nineteen, but by the time Milton gets actually around to writing it, it's an entirely superannuated, utterly outdated form.
最后，弥尔顿这么晚才写这首诗是因为,这是一首史诗，在弥尔顿19岁的时候,写首史诗看起来可能是个好主意，但到了弥尔顿真正要写的时候，史诗已经是一种完全落伍过时的诗体了。
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