| 词汇 | outstay |
| 释义 | outstay verb[ T ] uk /ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/ us /ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/ If you outstay something, you stay longer than is allowed by or for it. : Immigration officers are cracking down on visitors who outstay their visas. The appearance of the boss caused a rapid scattering of employees who had outstayed their coffee break. to continue longer than another person or competitor: The dictator outstayed dozens of other leaders. The horse outjumped and outstayed his four rivals to win the race. Staying and remaining abrupt halt be leftphrase closeted halt hang hold non-migrant non-rotating non-tenured overstay overwinter sit spot stay in stay on stay putidiom stick stick around sticky stop in You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Continue & last outstay your welcome to continue to stay in a place although other people want you to leave: （在某处）呆得太久而变得不受欢迎 They were busy so I left - I didn't want to outstay my welcome.他们很忙，所以我就走了——我不想因为呆得太久而惹人烦。 Examples of outstayoutstay Tensions grew between the orphanage staff and theatre team when it became clear that we were going to outstay a perfunctory tour. Far from outstaying its welcome, the piece contained enough material to merit further development and exploration. 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. I am so afraid of our all outstaying our welcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not wish to outstay our welcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder what advantage exists in saying that she has outstayed her permission and must go home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already outstayed my leave by a minute or two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always thought that it had long outstayed its welcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was a girl who had outstayed her leave. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, someone may come here on a visitor's visa, outstay that visa and then stay here illegally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that no one can outstay his entitlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the tenants believed them and took them seriously some crooked people would have been given some pretty shrewd ideas of how tenants could outstay their welcome successfully. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have outstayed their welcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already outstayed my welcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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