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单词 outstay
释义
outstay
verb[T]
uk
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/us
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
If you outstay something, youstaylongerthan isallowedby or for it. :
Immigrationofficersarecrackingdown onvisitorswho outstaytheirvisas.
Theappearanceof thebosscausedarapidscatteringofemployeeswho had outstayedtheircoffeebreak.
tocontinuelongerthan anotherpersonorcompetitor:
Thedictatoroutstayed dozens of otherleaders.
Thehorseoutjumped and outstayed his fourrivalstowintherace.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Staying and remaining
  • closeted
  • halt
  • hang
  • hold
  • holdsomethingover
  • hung
  • non-tenured
  • overstay
  • overwinter
  • remain
  • remaining
  • rest
  • spot
  • stand
  • stick around
  • stop
  • stop in
  • tarry
  • tenured
  • untenured
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Continue & last
outstayyourwelcome
tocontinuetostayin aplacealthoughotherpeoplewantyou toleave:
（在某处）呆得太久而变得不受欢迎
They werebusyso Ileft- I didn'twantto outstay mywelcome.他们很忙，所以我就走了——我不想因为呆得太久而惹人烦。
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overstay
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Staying and remaining
  • closeted
  • halt
  • hang
  • hold
  • holdsomethingover
  • hung
  • non-tenured
  • overstay
  • overwinter
  • remain
  • remaining
  • rest
  • spot
  • stand
  • stick around
  • stop
  • stop in
  • tarry
  • tenured
  • untenured
See more results »
(Definition ofoutstayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
outstay
verb
uk
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/us
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
outstayyourwelcome
tocontinuetostayin aplacealthoughotherpeoplewantyou toleave
（在某处）呆得太久而变得不受欢迎
They werebusyso Ileft- I didn'twantto outstay mywelcome.他们很忙，所以我就走了——我不想因为呆得太久而惹人烦。

Examplesofoutstay

outstay
Tensions grew between the orphanage staff and theatre team when it became clear that we were going tooutstaya perfunctory tour.
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Far from outstaying its welcome, the piece contained enough material to merit further development and exploration.
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There is always a danger of materials outstaying their welcome, and we all will remember examples of this from our earliest schooling in a variety of subjects.
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I am so afraid of our all outstaying our welcome.
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We do not wish tooutstayour welcome.
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I wonder what advantage exists in saying that she has outstayed her permission and must go home.
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I have already outstayed my leave by a minute or two.
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I have always thought that it had long outstayed its welcome.
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This was a girl who had outstayed her leave.
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For example, someone may come here on a visitor's visa,outstaythat visa and then stay here illegally.
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That means that no one canoutstayhis entitlement.
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If the tenants believed them and took them seriously some crooked people would have been given some pretty shrewd ideas of how tenants couldoutstaytheir welcome successfully.
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They have outstayed their welcome.
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I have already outstayed my welcome.
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It is estimated that hundreds more are breaching the immigration laws: they have outstayed their time, are working without permission or have entered the country by deception.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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