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单词 outstay
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Definition of outstay in English:

outstay

verb aʊtˈsteɪˌaʊtˈsteɪ
[with object]
  • 1Stay beyond the limit of (one's expected or permitted time)

    逗留超过(预期时间,允许时间)

    employees who had outstayed their coffee break

    喝咖啡的休息时间过后仍未回来工作的雇员。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I will outstay everything for the seasonal observance.
    • One was an asylum seeker who had outstayed his British visa.
    • The remainder were described by the Home Office as ‘over-stayers’, who entered the country legally but outstayed their visas.
    • But there may be stronger forces pulling at CEOs to outstay their usefulness.
    • Shopkeepers said the wardens were prowling up and down the street waiting to pounce on anyone outstaying their parking time - and their actions were driving away customers, with takings in some shops down by 25 per cent.
    • As far as longevity is concerned, Torrance has outstayed them all.
  • 2Endure or last longer than (another competitor)

    在耐力上超过(另一参赛者);以耐力取胜

    his mount tenaciously outstayed Melody for second place

    他的坐骑和“旋律”顽强拼搏,终于以耐力取胜荣获第二名。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He simply outstayed them from five furlongs out, which is how he liked to win his races, and you have to be a bloody tough horse to do it like that.
    • They had to come back from a nine part deficit at one stage but put in a blistering second half display to outstay and outplay the opposition, winning by six points eventually.
    • Railing in superb style, Liskelly Gold outbattled and outstayed the favourite, cruising well clear down the home straight to win by five lengths in the excellent time of 29-80.
    • He was 20 lengths up at halfway and outstayed the field to land the race at odds of 11-2.
    • He outstayed Vinnie Roe today and he is the ideal horse for the two miles of the Melbourne race.
    • The other horse just outstayed him but she's a super filly.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of outstay in US English:

outstay

verbˌaʊtˈsteɪˌoutˈstā
[with object]
  • Stay beyond the limit of (one's expected or permitted time)

    逗留超过(预期时间,允许时间)

    employees who had outstayed their coffee break

    喝咖啡的休息时间过后仍未回来工作的雇员。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I will outstay everything for the seasonal observance.
    • Shopkeepers said the wardens were prowling up and down the street waiting to pounce on anyone outstaying their parking time - and their actions were driving away customers, with takings in some shops down by 25 per cent.
    • As far as longevity is concerned, Torrance has outstayed them all.
    • But there may be stronger forces pulling at CEOs to outstay their usefulness.
    • One was an asylum seeker who had outstayed his British visa.
    • The remainder were described by the Home Office as ‘over-stayers’, who entered the country legally but outstayed their visas.
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