outnumber
英[aʊt'nʌmbə]
美['aʊt'nʌmbɚ]
- vt. 数目超过；比…多
词态变化
第三人称单数: outnumbers;过去式: outnumbered;过去分词: outnumbered;现在分词: outnumbering;
中文词源
outnumber 数量上超过
out-,超过，number,数量。
英文词源
- outnumber (v.)
- "to number more than," 1660s, from out + number (v.). Related: Outnumbered; outnumbering.
双语例句
- 1. Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stone-walled fields.
- 在这片以石墙隔出巴掌大的农田的乡村，驴子比汽车还多。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.
- 中士和下士的人数超过了列兵。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
- 新的宠物普查显示出猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量（700万比690万）。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The former outnumber the latter by about a hundred to one.
- 前者在数量上超过后者,比率约为100:1.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- 5. Blacks outnumber whites by better than 5 to 1.
- 黑人与白人的比例超过5:1.
来自名作英译部分