outworn institutions
陈腐的习俗
1.〈诗〉磨坏了的,破损的
2.已废的;过时的,陈腐的
3.筋疲力尽的;失去忍耐的
1.“outwear”的过去分词
1.no longer useful or important
1.The past participle of outwear
1.May I ask you to get all this old and outworn stuff over board, outmoded ideas, dogma, and else. . .
请问您获得超过董事会的这一切旧的陈腐的东西，过时的观念，教条。
2.Wild, blatant sunshine rudely invade into the hall, seems to challenge the gloomy and outworn atmosphere there. . .
狂妄，嚣张阳光猛烈地侵入其中，好像在挑战大厅内陈腐的气氛。
3.But if the competition rivals, which may be a wise move - pander to outworn beliefs may die even worse.
如果竞争不过对手，这也不失为明智之举———抱残守缺可能死得更惨。
4.And so you and others are perceiving the old earth and its outworn structures as literally cracking up.
因此你们和其他人察觉到旧的地球和它陈腐的结构确实在崩塌中。
5.Surely they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition.
想必他们已尝试过，但是他们的努力总是囿于陈旧的传统方式。
6.True, they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition .
当然，他们做了努力，但是他们努力的方式建立在一个捉襟见肘的传统上。
7.But their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition.
但他们的努力始终局限于过时的传统模式内。
8.We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.
我们知道，我们已然陈旧的程序不足以满足时代的需要。
9.He had been outworn with his ceaseless pains.
他因不停的疼痛已精疲力尽了。
10.What's unusual about it is that there are more than 700 million ancient Chinese ceramic chips tiled all over its outworn walls.
与众不同的是，这栋陈旧的法式建筑上竟贴满了7亿多块中国古代瓷片。