outstrips

英 [ˌaʊtˈstrɪps]

美 [ˌaʊtˈstrɪps]

v.  比…大(或重要等); 超过; 胜过; 超越(竞争对手); 比…跑得快; 超越
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 超过；胜过
  If one thingoutstripsanother, the first thing becomes larger in amount, or more successful or important, than the second thing.
  1. In the mid-eighteenth century the production of food far outstripped the rise in population...
     18世纪中叶食物的产量远远超过人口的增长。
  2. In 1989 and 1990 demand outstripped supply, and prices went up by more than a third.
     1989年和1990年出现了供不应求的状况，物价上涨了三分之一还要多。

双语例句

• Of course, the downside of music is that there may be those whose enthusiasm outstrips their talent.
  当然，音乐不利的一面是，也许有一些人热情大于天赋。
• At this very moment, lurking under your hood is an engine whose potential far outstrips its current performance.
  此时此刻，隐藏在你的方巾是一个发动机，其潜力将远远超过其目前的表现。
• One of the greatest threats to water security is simply scarcity, where demand outstrips supply.
  对水安全的最大威胁之一就是缺水，即需求超出了供应。
• That outstrips the 29 percentage point rise that the financial crisis and economic downturn are expected to inflict.
  而金融危机和经济衰退预计将使国债负债率上升29个百分点。
• On most projects, the ability for people to dream up new requirements easily outstrips the ability for any team to deliver them within the time and budget allotted.
  对大多数项目来说，人们构思出新需求的能力很容易超过任何团队能够在时间以及预算配额内发布他们的能力。
• His appointment cements our regional strategy credentials, allowing us to offer a depth and breadth of analytic thinking that outstrips all our competitors.
  他的到来巩固了我们的区域战略地位，使得我们能够提供深度和广度均超越所有对手的分析理念。
• As vehicles get older, consumers can only delay purchases for so long until the expense of keeping clunkers in running order outstrips the cost of replacement.
  汽车老化时，消费者往往只能推迟购买新车，直到维持旧车正常运行的费用超过了购置新车的费用时，才会购置新车。
• Chinese leaders want to maintain fast growth to reduce poverty but are trying to slow investment in auto manufacturing, real estate and other areas where supply outstrips demand.
  中国领导人主张保持快的经济增长速度来消除贫困，同时也想降低诸如汽车制造业房地产以及供大于求地区的投资。
• Your intellect obviously outstrips everyone in this room.
  你的智力明显超过了这个房间的人。
• The US outstrips the UK in manufacturing, technology and military might, but those who make a living speaking and writing standard UK English are doing fine.
  美国的确在制造、科技和军事实力上超过了英国，但那些靠说和写标准英式英语谋生的人依然过得很好。