outnumber /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbɚ/ verb outnumbers; outnumbered; outnumbering
outnumbers; outnumbered; outnumbering
Learner's definition of OUTNUMBER
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: to be more than (someone or something) in number数量上超过 -
With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.班里有20个女生和10个男生,女生的数量比男生多一倍。
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Their wins outnumber their losses. [=they have more wins than losses]他们胜多败少。
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The few men in the audience were greatly outnumbered by the women. [=there were many more women than men in the audience]观众中女性的数量远远超过那几个零星的男性的数量。