| 单词 | outperform |
| 释义 | outperform (once / 6338 pages) v To outperform is to accomplish something in a better or more impressive way that someone else. In a marathon, the younger runners usually outperform the very oldest ones. Whenever you surpass or beat the record of another person, you can say you outperform them. Experienced workers frequently outperform newer employees, and pundits like to worry aloud about students in other countries who outperform American kids on standardized tests. You can also say that an investment that makes more money outperforms a less profitable one. WORD FAMILYoutperform: outperformed, outperforming, outperforms USAGE EXAMPLESA higher share of Bellevue students also outperformed the U.S. and international averages in reading and science. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Strategies that outperform for a stretch often succumb to simple mean reversion. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Athens says the bailout allows it to raise spending if it outperforms its budget targets—which it says it is on track to do. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) v be or do something to a greater degree This car outperforms all others in its class Syn|Hypo|Hyper exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach beat through cleverness and wit outgrowgrow faster than outcry, outshoutshout louder than outroarroar louder than outsailsail faster or better than outdrawdraw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight outsellsell more than others outsellbe sold more often than other, similar products outpacesurpass in speed better, breaksurpass in excellence outshineattract more attention and praise than others outrangehave a greater range than (another gun) outweighbe heavier than outbravebe braver than out-herodsurpass someone in cruelty or evil outfoxoutdo someone in trickery shamesurpass or beat by a wide margin outmarchmarch longer distances and for a longer time than outwearlast longer than others upstagesteal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
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