outnumber

英 [ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)]

美 [ˌaʊtˈnʌmbər]

v.  (在数量上)压倒，比…多

过去分词：outnumbered　过去式：outnumbered　现在分词：outnumbering　第三人称单数：outnumbers　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9779 / COCA.9186

牛津词典

verb

• （在数量上）压倒，比…多
  to be greater in number than sb/sth
  1. The demonstrators were heavily outnumbered by the police.
     示威者人数远不及警察人数。
  2. In this profession, women outnumber men by two to one (= there are twice as many women as men) .
     在这个行业，女性人数是男性的两倍。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （在数量上）压倒，比…多
  If one group of people or thingsoutnumbersanother, the first group has more people or things in it than the second group.
  1. ...a town where men outnumber women four to one...
     男性比女性多3倍的城镇
  2. Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled 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。

英英释义

verb

• be larger in number

双语例句

• Do you think women will ever outnumber men on the rich lists? Why not?
  你有朝一日富豪榜上的女性人数会多过男性吗？不会，原因又是呢？
• Officials estimate that the number of Chinese wanting to adopt the earthquake's orphans may outnumber the orphans themselves.
  有关负责人估计，打算领养地震孤儿的中国人的数量已经超过了孤儿的数量。
• Where the old outnumber the young, they can use the ballot box to their advantage, instead.
  而在老年人数量超过年轻人的国家，老年人可以利用投票箱为自己捞取好处。
• Job hunters outnumber openings in cities.
  城市中找工作的人多于空缺的职位。
• Since localization deals primarily with language rather than programming issues, non-technical staff should outnumber programmers five to one.
  因为本地化主要与语言而不是与程序有关，非技术人员人数应该达到程序员的五倍。
• Men outnumber women here in the ratio of three to one.
  此地男子数量以叁比一超过女子。
• Non-native speakers now outnumber native English-speakers by three to one.
  目前，在讲英语的人中，非英语母语人士和英语母语人士的比例是3比1。
• Stacks of Chinese newspapers outnumber English ones.
  成摞的中文报纸的数量远超出了英文报纸。
• That's because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers.
  这是因为将英语作为第二语言的人数已经超过以英语为母语的人数。
• Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled 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。