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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She favours value added strategies in retail property in China, and office buildings in Singapore where demand outstrips supply.
  在供不应求的中国零售地产和新加坡写字楼市场，她青睐于增值战略。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。