outlive
- v. 比...活得长
- v. 比...持续得久
- Definition
- v. to live longer than someone or something else
- v. to last longer than someone or something else
- Example
- Tortoises can outlive most other animals by many decades.
- 乌龟的寿命比大多数其他动物长几十年。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to live longer than someone (verb).
比较义项：比...活得长、比...存在得久（动词）。
- survive
Often appears in the passive formula 'is survived by', naming relatives still living after someone's death, as in obituaries; this specific passive pattern does not work naturally with outlive.
常出现在被动结构“is survived by”中，用来说明某人去世后仍然健在的亲属，多见于讣告；这种被动用法不适合套用在 outlive 上。
He is survived by his wife and two children.
他身后留下了妻子和两个孩子。
- outlive 本词
The everyday active verb for this meaning: the subject directly outlives someone or something, often followed by 'by' plus a time span; more common and less formal than survive's passive pattern.
这是该意义上更日常使用的主动动词：主语直接“outlive”某人或某物，后面常接“by + 一段时间”；比 survive 的被动用法更常见、更口语化。
Tortoises can outlive most other animals by many decades.
乌龟能比大多数其他动物多活好几十年。
Survive and outlive both mean to live longer than someone. Survive often appears in the phrase 'is survived by,' naming relatives after a death; its sense 'to get through hardship' is not compared. Outlive is an active verb, followed by 'by' and a time span.
这两个词在“比...活得长”这个意义上很接近，但 survive 常出现在被动结构 be survived by（讣告用语，指某人去世后仍然健在的亲属）中，而 outlive 是主动及物动词，日常表达中更常见，常与“by + 时间段”搭配使用。这里不比较 survive 表示“在困境中幸存、经受住”的常见用法。