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Bowing to greet a lady is now an obsolete custom.
见女士弯腰致礼已是昔日旧习。
▷obsolete [,ɑbsə'lit]
【释义】
Use the adjective obsolete for something that is out of date. As the Rolling Stones song "Out of Time" goes, "You're obsolete, my baby, my poor old-fashioned baby."
adj. 废弃的；老式的
n. 废词；陈腐的人
With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.
随着技术的革新，许多传统技艺已被淘汰。
obsolete equipment
陈旧设备
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