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
outstrip的第三人称单数

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

• If the availability of candidates massively outstrips the number of open positions, you may have to make a big shift in one category or the other.
  如果一个职位的候选人供大于求了，你可能就要考虑为了工作在某一方面或其他方面做出大的牺牲。
• At least a third of the transmission plant's employees are interns, reflecting a wider use of students and temporary employees across China's manufacturing sector as demand for labour outstrips supply.
  在本田变速器工厂，至少三分之一的员工为实习生。这反映出由于劳动力供不应求，中国制造业正普遍使用学生和临时工。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Baseball movies have gained an appreciation that far outstrips those dealing with any other sport.
  以棒球为主题的电影获得的青睐远远超过了其他体育类电影。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。