outrun
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++out·run /aʊtˈrʌn/ verb (past tense outran /-ˈræn/, past participle outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitive] 1. RUNto run faster or further than someone else 比…跑得快[远]2 DEVELOPto develop more quickly than something else 发展快于…，超过… The company’s spending was outrunning its income. 公司入不敷出。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
outrun• The servicing of perceived strategic needs is outrunning economic capacity.• I was able to outrun him, but I knew he was clever.• The fire was moving so fast you couldn't outrun it.• Consumer demand has outrun our production capabilities.• The occasional burst of speed is required to outrun real and imaginary predators.• Even though the university system grew rapidly, demand for places in some subjects began to outrun supply.• The others shook their heads, seeing more and more, their memories outrunning their knowledge now.• Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them.out·run verbChineseSyllable
someone or to Corpus run further else than faster
outrun
out‧run /aʊtˈrʌn/
verb (past tense outran /-ˈræn/, past participle outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitive]
2. to develop more quickly than something else:
The company’s spending was outrunning its income.
out‧run /aʊtˈrʌn/
verb (past tense outran /-ˈræn/, past participle outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitive] Word Family: noun: run, rerun, runner, running, overrun; verb: run, outrun, overrun, rerun; adjective: running, runny; adverb: running
1. to run faster or further than someone else2. to develop more quickly than something else: