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■ out-以 out- 为头缀后面加上一个名词或动词，可以新形成一个及物动词，表示“在某方面超过对方”。这个用法在英语中日益广泛，如果熟悉掌握，往往可以使长句变短。这样的新动词，常见的有： - outbid出价比…高
- outclass档次比…高
- outdistance把…甩在后面
- outdo赛过
- outfight战胜
- outgeneral在用兵方面比…高明
- outgun在枪炮火力方面超过
- outgrow个子长大超过了…的尺寸
- outguess比…更为善于猜测
- outhandle操纵得比…灵活
- outlast 比…更为持久 /outlive比…活得更长
- outman比…人多势众
- outmaneuvre斗智赛过
- outnumber数目比…多
- outpace步伐比…更快
- outperform干得比…出色
- outplay玩得比…出色
- outrank地位级别比…高
- outrun比…跑得快
- outsell比…更畅销
- outshine使…相形见绌
- outshoot在射击方面比…出色
- outsmart表现得比…更为聪明
- outsoar比…更高
- outspend开销比…更大
- outstay超过（应停留在某一地点的时间）
- outstrip比…优越
- outvote比…得到更多的选票
- outweigh在重量或重要性方面超过
- outwit斗智赛过
- 4th-graders' gains outpace 8th-graders'.四年级学生的进展比八年级的大。
- They realized they were not only outmanned, but outgunned.他们知道了自己不但人少势孤，而且枪械也处于劣势。
- Now only one man outranked him there.现在那里只有一个人的级别比他高。
- Easter's religious meaning outranks Christmas.复活节的宗教意义超过圣诞节。
- The deal, expected to be approved by the Chinese government by the end of the year, will catapult Wal-Mart past its main foreign rival in China, French retail giant Carrefour, which it outbid for Trust-Mart.这笔交易，预计年底以前将得到中国政府批准，到时沃尔玛将一举超过它在中国的主要外国竞争者，亦即它在竞投收购“好又多”时已经击败了的法国零售业巨擎家乐福。
- Johnson outdueled Edwards.约翰逊在决赛中赢了爱德华兹。
- Down here, Jabba outranked God himself.在这里，贾巴的地位比上帝还高呢。
- Sony, for example, outspends Samsung on traditional advertising in the US on electronic products.例如：索尼在美国推销电子产品花在传统广告上的钱，就比三星多。
- Candidate A is outspending candidate B four to one.候选人甲花的经费为候选人乙的四倍。
- Demand outstrips supply.求过于供。
- This outstrips a state's ability to respond adequately.这超出了一个州所能充分应付的能力。
- Not even his plane could outrun a fleet of helicopters.连他的飞机都快不过一队直升飞机。
- We're outselling every other paper in town.本报销量超过了本市所有其他报纸。
- Adverse side effects exist, outweighing benefits.不利的副作用是有的，而且超过了正面作用。
- The man who had triumphed over giants for so many years had been outdone in an instant.多年来一直赛过那些巨人的那个人，一下子就被赛过了。
- He outdistanced the other runners.他赛过了其他赛跑者。
- In New York City, enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans 5-1.在纽约市，登记入册的民主党人以五比一的比率超过共和党人。
- Impostors outnumber the true heroes honored with the nation's highest military award, says one FBI agent who tracks such pretenders.(The Washington Post, April 29, 2006)骗子人数竟然比真正荣获国家最高军事奖赏的英雄还要多，这是一位追踪这些冒牌人物的联邦调查局探员说的。
- He had outsmarted them. He had outplayed them at their own game.斗智胜过了他们。他在他们自己安排的竞赛中赢了他们。
- The 206-ton behemoth can outshine the brightest star at night.这个二百零六吨的庞然大物，亮度可以超过夜间最明亮的星。
- She outlived her friend by over a quarter of a century.她比她的朋友多活了四分之一世纪以上（见 outlive 与 survive 条）。
- But the prejudice has outlived the vice that produced it.毛病造成了偏见，毛病说过去就过去了，但是偏见却流传了下来（另见 outlive 与 survive 条）。
- The new cell outperforms standard batteries by 30 percent, and recharges faster.新型电池比标准电池的性能超出百分之三十，而且充电更快。
- If he were spotted, there was no way he could outrun pursuit.假如他被发觉，他就没有办法逃脱追铺。
- Ms. Stephanos pitched for the Roosevelt High School girls' softball team and could outrun most of the boys in her class, her family said.斯特芬诺斯女士的家人说，她是罗斯福高中女子垒球队的投球手，比她那一班的大多数男生都跑得快。
- How long will it take until humans are outfoxed and new beings take over? (Time, Oct. 30, 2006, p.10)人类要多久才会在才智上被新的生物赛过，取而代之？
- The popes' lives outlasted their effectiveness.教皇们长寿，但真正能管事的时间没有那么长。
- While his family is kept hostage, Jack must finesse a way to save his family and outwit the bad guys.在贾克一家人被扣作人质期间，他必须想出妙计救出家人，斗智赛过那些坏人。
有些作者还喜欢连用几个 out- 为头缀的动词。 - They outhit us and outplayed us. (The Boston Herald, June 13, 1999, B46)他们比我们多进了球，赛赢了我们。
- For three decades he'd outguessed, outbid, and outadvertised all the Japanese competition.三十年来他一直比他的所有日本竞争者更加看得准，竞投出价更高，广告做得更使劲。
- She must outrun, outsmart and finally outfight the man who's trying to kill her.她必须比那个要杀害他的人跑得更快，更加机智，最后战胜他。
这个构词法，古已有之，于今为烈。莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)第三幕第二场，已经有 it out-herods Herod 的说法（当时第一个 h 小写），指的是圣经上那个残暴的犹太国王希律（据《马太福音》二章十六节，耶稣降生时希律王曾下令屠杀伯利恒的一切婴孩）；to out-Herod Herod 就是比希律王更希律王（即更残暴）。到了现代，用这个构词法，还可以自行以某个名词或动词为基础创造出许多新的动词。 - They had out-bandited the bandits.他们比土匪还土匪。
- He's out-Bushing Bush. (Newsweek, Oct. 15, 2007, p.37)他比布什还布什。
- Michelle Kwan outskated two Russians for the title... (Picture Caption. The New York Times, April 2, 2000, p.36)关颖珊溜冰夺标力克两名俄国选手…
- The Americans are trying to outmedal China.美国人力图在奖牌上赛过中国。
- Obama also outpolled(Hillary) Clinton among women ... (The Associated Press, Jan. 3, 2008)奥巴马在妇女当中的民调指数也超过了希拉里·克林顿…
- With Obama winning eight straight contests and easily outdistancing her in money raising,... (The Associated Press, Feb. 13, 2008)由于奥巴马接连在八次角逐中得胜，而且轻而易举地在筹款中把她甩在后面…
- In other words, don't expect McCain to out-Obama Sen. Barack Obama—or even Sen. Hillary Clinton—when it comes to speaking. (US News & World Report, March 17, 2008, p.29)换言之，对于麦凯因，如果以演说口才而论，你就别期望他比巴拉克·奥巴马参议员，甚至哪怕是比希拉里·克林顿参议员更加奥巴马。
- The US Can Out-Charm China. (Fareed Zakaria's Article Title. Newsweek, Dec. 12, 2005)美国可以比中国更有魅力。
又如美国有人发明了一种摹仿真鱼的捕鱼诱饵，比其他诱饵捕鱼量大好几倍，广告上就说： - The new lure out-fishes other bait 19 to 4 in one contest. (Newsweek, May 1, 2006, p.62)新诱饵在一次比赛中以 19 比 4 的捕鱼量赛过了别的诱饵。
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