outvote

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out·vote /aʊtˈvəʊt $ -ˈvoʊt/ verb [transitive]  PPVto defeat a person by winning more votes than them 以更多票数击败…，比…得到更多选票 France was outvoted on that issue. 在那个问题上法国因得票较少而被击败。n Grammar Outvote is usually passive.→ See Verb table

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outvote• Waddington's proposal was outvoted in the Senate.• The Government bowed to the inevitable after other countries threatened to outvote it.• They feared that the numerous poor might outvote the few rich.• The way to outvote them was to double the number of people who held to the old ways.From Longman Business Dictionaryoutvoteout‧vote /aʊtˈvəʊt-ˈvoʊt/ verb [transitive] to defeat a person or their ideas, proposals etc by voting against themIf this Bill is outvoted, the consequences will be very serious.Some of the smaller EU countries could combine to outvote the UK, France and Germany.→ See Verb table

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outvote
out‧vote /aʊtˈvəʊt $ -ˈvoʊt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to defeat a person by winning more votes than them:
    France was outvoted on that issue.

out·voteBrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they outvote BrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it outvotes BrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊts/ 🔊past simple outvoted BrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊtɪd/ 🔊past participle outvoted BrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form outvoting BrE /ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈvoʊtɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb/sth to defeat sb/sth by winning a larger number of votes 得票超过 SYN vote sb/sth↔down ◆His proposal was outvoted by 10 votes to 8. 他的提案以 10 比 8 票被否决。🔊🔊