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？
• And in secondary schools and universities, girls and young women now outnumber boys and young men in many developing countries.
  而在很多发展中国家的中学和大学，女童和青年女性的人数目前都已超过男童和青年男性。
• Donors 36,000 in one year now outnumber residents.
  目前，捐赠者人数已经超过了居民，一年内达到3.6万人。
• 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。
• Scientists know the body harbors trillions of such microorganisms& indeed, they outnumber human cells 10 to 1.
  科学家们知道人体中寄居着数万亿此类微生物&实际上，它们的数量超过了人体细胞，二者之比为10：1。
• As for the proportion of male and female prison inmates, men outnumber women 24 to 1.
  关于男性监狱囚犯和女性监狱囚犯的比例，男性以24：1的高比例远超过女性。
• In cities across the developed world, dating-age women outnumber dating-age men.
  在发达国家的城市里，约会年龄的女性数量超过约会年龄的男性。
• In situations where reads greatly outnumber writes, volatile variables may also provide a performance advantage over locking.
  在某些情况下，如果读操作远远大于写操作，volatile变量还可以提供优于锁的性能优势。
• No family should attempt an auto trip if their kids outnumber the car windows.
  家里孩子的数目如果超过汽车车窗的数目，就不宜自驾车出远门旅行。
• Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.
  中士和下士的人数超过了列兵。