outstrip
英 [ˌaʊtˈstrɪp]
美 [ˌaʊtˈstrɪp]
outstrip 超过,胜过out-,超过,strip,条,道,跑道,词源同airstrip.引申词义超过,胜过。
- outstrip
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outstrip: see strip
- outstrip (v.)
- 1570s, "to pass in running," from out + Middle English strip "move quickly," of unknown origin. Figurative sense of "to excel or surpass in anything" is from 1590s. Related: Outstripped; outstripping.
- 1. He can outstrip his friend both in sports and in studies.
- 他能在体育和学习方面胜过他的朋友.
- 2. It is possible for us to outstrip the advanced countries in the world.
- 我们能超过世界上先进的国家.
- 3. Tom can outstrip most boys both in sports and in studies.
- 汤姆在运动上和在功课上均能超过一般的孩子.
- 4. A horse can outstrip a man.
- 马比人跑得快.
- 5. Both sums outstrip the Czech Republic's annual consumption of ginseng of about 1.4 tonnes a year.
- 这两个总数都超过了捷克共和国每年约1.4吨的人参年消费量.