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When something is outworn, it has been around so long that it feels old-fashioned now, and it does not really do a useful job any more. English speakers use this word mostly for ideas, rules, habits, and ways of thinking — not for shoes or shirts. You will see phrases like outworn beliefs, an outworn custom, outworn language: the picture is that the thing once had a purpose, but the world has moved on and the old form is empty. It is a rather adjective. In ordinary talk people are more likely to say outdated, old-fashioned, or worn-out. Though actually those are not perfect twins. Worn-out is the everyday word for a tired person or a thin jumper; outworn leans toward “this idea has had its day.” It can sound a little severe, as if the speaker is ready to throw the old thing away. You do not need it at the shops; you will meet it in essays, news, and careful speech.
過時的、陳舊無用的（多指觀念、制度、說法，不是衣服穿破）
組成Historically the past form of outwear (out- “beyond / completely” + wear). The adjective sense “no longer useful” grew from “worn until it is finished.”
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outwornadj
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no longer usable
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worn out
- Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!
- Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.
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out of date
- Unitarian Universalists urge reflection upon outworn religious assumptions and propose a serious religious alternative that affirms reason, science, human intuition and lived experience as profoundly as it affirms ancient religious traditions.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。