outlive

翻译：这个传统方法已经行不通了。

The traditional way has outlived it's usefulness.

场景一：闭关锁国政策早就没用了。

The close country policy already had outlived it's usefulness.

Outlive 还经常和 one’s usefulness 搭配使用，表示某人或某物不再有用。

“no longer useful”时，就可以用到 outlive one’s usefulness

outlive its usefulness 形同虚设

例句：The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.