Word · Frequency #24034
outperform
胜过；表现优于
To perform better than something or someone.
- 1.
To perform better than something or someone.
表现优于某物或某人。
表现优于某物或某人。；胜过；做得比......好
In use
Our team consistently outperforms the competition.
The new smartphone outperformed all expectations.
The company is outperforming its rivals this quarter.
outperform + noun phrase
Our team outperformed the competition.
我们团队的表现胜过了竞争对手。
outperform + noun phrase + in + noun phrase
表示在某方面表现更好。
The company outperformed its rivals in profitability.
这家公司在盈利能力上胜过了竞争对手。
outperform + noun phrase + by + number/percentage
by后接具体差距。
The fund outperformed the market by 5%.
该基金表现优于市场5个百分点。
Verb forms
base outperform · third person outperforms · -ing outperforming · past outperformed · past participle outperformed
过去式和过去分词均为outperformed。
Common mistakes
This product outperforms than that one.This product outperforms that one.
动词 outperform 本身已含有比较意义，为及物动词，直接跟被比较对象，无需使用介词 than。
The new system outperforms.The new system outperforms the old one.
outperform 是及物动词，必须跟宾语；单独使用会导致句子不完整。
Connections
Collocations
- outperform the market
- 跑赢大盘；表现优于市场
- This fund has consistently outperformed the market for five years.该基金连续五年跑赢大盘。
- outperform competitors
- 胜过竞争对手
- Our new software outperforms competitors in speed and reliability.我们的新软件在速度和可靠性上胜过竞争对手。
- outperform expectations
- 超越预期
- The company's quarterly earnings outperformed expectations.该公司的季度收益超越了预期。
- outperform peers
- 超越同行
- Students in this program outperform their peers in math.该项目的学生在数学方面超越同行。
- outperform the index
- 跑赢指数
- The fund manager aims to outperform the S&P 500 index.基金经理的目标是跑赢标普500指数。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：out（超出）+ perform（表现）→ 表现超出他人，就是“胜过”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：company reports、research papers、product reviews 该词属于中性偏正式，多用于书面语、报告或对比论述中；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 do better than。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或代词作宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词（重读元音及之后都是 /fɔːm/）：form、perform、conform、inform。platform 虽然拼写以 -form 结尾、结尾也读 /fɔːm/，但重音在第一个音节，所以与 outperform 并不押韵。注意 worm 虽然拼写也是 -orm，但读 /wɜːm/，不是 /fɔːm/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.