释义 |
outstayout‧stay /aʊtˈsteɪ/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoutstay |
Present | I, you, we, they | outstay | | he, she, it | outstays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outstayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outstayed | | he, she, it | has outstayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outstayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outstay | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outstayed |
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Present | I | am outstaying | | he, she, it | is outstaying | | you, we, they | are outstaying | Past | I, he, she, it | was outstaying | | you, we, they | were outstaying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outstaying | | he, she, it | has been outstaying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outstaying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outstaying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outstaying |
- Maher on Bachelor's Button, however, was still convinced that his mount could outstay her and held on tenaciously.
- The Walthamstow jumper was outstayed over the course and distance a month ago but has less to do on this occasion.
- We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
to stay somewhere too long► outstay your welcome/overstay your welcome to visit or stay with someone for too long, so that they wish you would go: · Isn't it time your friends left? They've outstayed their welcome a bit.· She was so worried about overstaying her welcome that she left after only one night. NOUN► welcome· We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.· Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome. ► outstay/overstay your welcome- Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome.
- I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
- I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
- It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
- Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
- We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
to stay somewhere longer than someone else → outstay your welcome at welcome4(3) |