介词out的用法总结

1. outperform
释意:perform better than
在某些情况下,猴子能胜过大学生 。
Under certain conditions, monkeys could sometimes outperform college students.
近义词补充:outshine
你会超过其他人/使其他人显得相形见绌 。
You re going to outshine the rest.


2. outwit
释意:deceive or defeat by greater ingenuity


如果人类少花些时间证明人定胜天,多花些时间品味自然的甘甜、尊重自然的沧桑,我对人类拥有光明未来将会更为乐观 。
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
近义词补充:outsmart
可以预测,总有一天,即使是我们最先进的医疗技术也将会对这些细菌束手无策 。
It is conceivable that bacteria will someday outsmart our best medical technologies.


3. outpace
释意:go, rise, or improve faster than


斯坦福大学的一项研究发现,中国高校的大一新生在批判性思维能力培养方面要比美国和俄罗斯的同年级学生提早两到三年 。
A Stanford study found that freshmen at Chinese universities outpaced their American and Russian peers by two or three years in critical thinking skills.
近义词补充:outspeed


农村居民可支配收入实际增速连续多年快于城镇居民 。
The real growth in disposable rural income has outsped urban income.


4. outweigh
释意:be greater or more significant than.
我们的共同利益远大于分歧 。
The shared interests far outweigh the differences.


常见表达:
...pros outweigh cons.... 利大于弊
...merit outweighs demerit.... 优势多于劣势




5. outnumber
释意:be more numerous than
那也就是说,有史以来65岁以上的老年人数量将要超过5岁以下儿童的数量 。
That means people 65 and over will soon outnumber children under 5 for the first time ever.
近义词补充:outsize


2018年全省输出、吸纳技术合同成交额分别增长28.7%、31%,且吸纳技术合同成交额始终大于输出合同成交额.
In 2018, Anhui posted a 28.7 percent and 31 percent increase in the contract value of outward and inward technology transfer respectively, with the latter continuing to outsize the former throughout the whole year.




6. outlast
释意:To last longer than
尽管如此,与大多数生命短暂如同果蝇的管理学理论不同,他的理论将在他的身后长存于世 。
Still, unlike most management theories, which live and die like fruit flies, his will outlast him.
近义词补充:outlive


【介词out的用法总结】几乎在所有社会妇女都比男人长寿 。
Women outlive men in virtually all societies.

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