outnumber的意思

outnumber

英式音标['aʊt'nʌmbɚ]
美式英标[aʊt'nʌmbə]

基本解释

vt. 数目超过；比…多

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.

实用例句

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。

2. Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.: 中士和下士的人数超过了列兵。

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）。

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.

5. Blacks outnumber whites by better than 5 to 1.: 黑人与白人的比例超过5:1.

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