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单词 outpace
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outpace
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To outpace is to move faster or to improve more quickly than someone else. A runner who outpaces everyone else will win the race.
You can brag that your bicycle outpaces your friend's motorcycle, or comment that a six year-old easily outpaces her little brother at the playground. There are also companies that outpace their competition, by developing a new technology or product faster. Economists often talk about prices, sales, or growth that outpaces previous examples.
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outpace: outpaced, outpaces, outpacing
USAGE EXAMPLES
But privacy and athletes’ rights advocates worry the technology will outpace the adoption of legal limits and standards.
New York Times(Sep 09, 2016)
Indeed, there’s a reason Metro’s huge costs and employee count outpace those of similar rail systems when adjusted for ridership.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
The nation’s population growth will far outpace the increase predicted in Europe.
Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)
v surpass in speed
Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Hyper
exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
be or do something to a greater degree
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