【问】 请区分obsolete与obsolescent。

【答】 obsolete[]作“陈旧的”、“过时的”解：

1. Bows and arrows are now obsolete. (Neal)

弓和箭已经过时了。

2. That word is obsolete; do not use it. (SAT)

这个词很陈旧;不要使用它。

obsolescent[]作“即将过时的”、“将被废弃的”、“冷僻的”解，如an obsolescent word

(生僻字)。

请做下面的英语试题：

1. The car model was becoming obsolete.

A. out of stock B. improved C. popular D. outmoded (TOEFL)

2. That manufacturing method is obsolete.

A. dilapidated B. extent C. archaic D. out-of-date (TOEFL，76. 2)

3. Are typewriters fast becoming obsolete with the advent of computers?

A. complicated B. neglected C. outmoded D. disdained (TOEFL)

4. Select the opposite meaning： obsolete.

A. mechanical B. fancy C. renovated D. old (GRE，P. 144)