英语词汇“outrun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To outrun someone is to move faster than they do. Your lazy cat might enjoy hunting for mice, although the mice always seem to outrun him in the end.

You can outrun an opponent in a race, and you can also watch a video game character outrun a pursuing zombie — outrun can also mean "escape from." Your dog might enjoy chasing cars, never managing to outrun them. More figuratively, you can say that your hopes always outrun the reality of a situation. In other words, what you dream of exceeds what actually happens.

WORD FAMILY

outrun: outran, outrunning, outruns

USAGE EXAMPLES

And, as Prometheus taught anyone who happened to be paying attention, technologies, once unleashed, tend to outrun the grip of their would-be masters.

Salon(Dec 30, 2016)

BMW AG and others place financial bets on small startups in an effort to outrun Silicon Valley tech giants that are trying to reinvent automobiles.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016)

The wave would almost certainly catch most of the people trying to outrun it.

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

v run faster than

in this race, I managed to outran everybody else

Hyper

run

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

单词	outrun
释义	outrun (once / 3768 pages) v To outrun someone is to move faster than they do. Your lazy cat might enjoy hunting for mice, although the mice always seem to outrun him in the end. You can outrun an opponent in a race, and you can also watch a video game character outrun a pursuing zombie — outrun can also mean "escape from." Your dog might enjoy chasing cars, never managing to outrun them. More figuratively, you can say that your hopes always outrun the reality of a situation. In other words, what you dream of exceeds what actually happens. WORD FAMILY outrun: outran, outrunning, outruns USAGE EXAMPLES And, as Prometheus taught anyone who happened to be paying attention, technologies, once unleashed, tend to outrun the grip of their would-be masters. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) BMW AG and others place financial bets on small startups in an effort to outrun Silicon Valley tech giants that are trying to reinvent automobiles. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) The wave would almost certainly catch most of the people trying to outrun it. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) v run faster than in this race, I managed to outran everybody else Hyper run move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
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