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

• And the demand for interventions that might postpone that day far outstrips the supply.
  而干预并延长死亡这一天的到来这种渴望，却远远供不应求。
• The demand for firewood now far outstrips supply.
  现在对木柴的需求远大于供威。
• The growth in cosmetic procedures outstrips virtually every other area of health care.
  而美容手术的增长幅度也确实比其他医疗保健项目要大得多。
• The 3.4 per cent rate outstrips the one-year deposit rate of 3.06 per cent, leaving savers with negative real interest rates.
  3.4%的通胀率超过了3.06%的一年期存款利率，使储蓄的实际利率为负数。
• 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。
• 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。
• The city's wealth gap now outstrips that of Singapore, the United Kingdom and Australia as well as other major cities notorious for inequality such as Washington and New York City, says the Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department.
  香港政府统计处（CensusandStatisticsDepartment）表示，香港目前的贫富差距水平已经超过了新加坡、英国和澳大利亚，甚至超过了其他因贫富差距大而闻名的城市，如华盛顿和纽约。
• 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。
• 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。
• What we face is a looming imbalance in which demand for new drugs far outstrips supply.
  我们面对的是日益逼近的失衡，对新药的需求远远超过了供给。