Obsolete
过时的
definition
verb
we're trying to stimulate the business by obsoleting last year's designs
cause (a product or idea) to be or become obsolete by replacing it with something new.
adjective
the disposal of old and obsolete machinery
no longer produced or used; out of date.
In the other three families the maxillary palps are vestigial or obsolete .
(of a part or characteristic of an organism) less developed than formerly or in a related species; rudimentary; vestigial.
translation of 'obsolete'
verb
废语
adjective
过时的,
废弃的,
陈旧
example
When today's technologies are 'obsolete' , the old-fashioned soldier will remain essential.
In most other insects the occiput is either 'obsolete' or soldered to the hind part of the epicranium.
Indeed, does the love for sequels indicate that the very idea of artistic newness has become old-fashioned, 'obsolete' ?
So here we stand, out in the pasture in very much the same way as the outdated and 'obsolete' horse.
Two surgeries in the York area have made a huge investment in state-of-the-art machinery which will help to make 'obsolete' the much-feared dentist's drill.
He is appealing for help from members of the public who own 'obsolete' machines so he can unlock archaic files.
If, like me, you'd rather gargle drain cleaner than watch anything to do with our outmoded, 'obsolete' head of state, there are only a few escape routes.
He feared that she might choose to go back to Casey and that their evening and the date might become 'obsolete' .
In the other three families the maxillary palps are vestigial or 'obsolete' .
There is the inevitable small, unvisited museum, with its 'obsolete' heavy American machine guns and twisted bits of aeroplane.
There were widespread concerns that the machines and the equipment they carried were at best old-fashioned and at worst 'obsolete' .
Apparently the delay is due to some of the components being ancient and 'obsolete' (dating back as far as 1999).
Several people - advocates and detractors alike - said rather oddly that in a hundred years time the dams will be 'obsolete' , their machinery exhausted.
One minute, happy and in love, the next he felt like a wet newspaper, out of date, 'obsolete' , discarded in the rain.
The dumping of 'obsolete' machinery and technology in the third world, especially in India, is destabilising the very economy.
By the time you purchase your new laptop - it's probably already 'obsolete' or out of date.
This will provide a boost for farm investment and encourage the replacement of 'obsolete' and unsafe machinery.
Isn't it time to declare all such vessels outmoded, 'obsolete' and a danger to peace?
Anything that has become 'obsolete' must be discarded and replaced with some thing new and novel.
Indeed, it's fairly normal to find that many lines in opening books are dated and 'obsolete' even before the book hits the stores!
What's different now, though, is that feminism appears not so much dead as 'obsolete' .
The meaning of traditional astrological texts is frequently obscured by the use of archaic or 'obsolete' terms.
Like all hardware technology, 'obsoletism' is right around the corner.
There is no current proposal for a multi-phase move that would eventually relocate public safety agencies to the 700 MHz band, thus 'obsoleting' all existing public safety 800 MHz equipment.
But the roll-out 'obsoletes' the current system in one spectacular sweep, and is particularly aggressive, even for that company.
Don't you just love planned 'obsoleteness' !
The company wisely prefers this approach to 'obsoleting' whole regiments of functions, and in fact hasn't carried out a serious purge almost a decade ago.
What happens if the car still has plenty of life in it, which today's high quality almost guarantees, but the electronic technology quickly 'obsoletes' today's whizbang gadgets?
It absolutely 'obsoletes' the conventional automobile if we're right, and if we can get to those cost goals.
This single 31 ounce device virtually 'obsoletes' whole families of current bulky (by comparison), radio equipment.
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