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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The demand for firewood now far outstrips supply.
  现在对木柴的需求远大于供威。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even as growth slows in industrialised countries, deal volume still outstrips the number of transactions in emerging markets.
  工业化国家即使增长放缓，其交易宗数仍多于新兴市场。