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outrun sb/sth
The sprinter easily outran all her rivals.
这位短跑运动员轻松超过了她所有的对手。
跑得比…快
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跑得比…快
run faster than
The sprinter easily outran all her rivals.
这位短跑运动员轻松超过了她所有的对手。
跑得比......快
To run faster than.
超过；超出
To exceed or overextend.
outrun
Base
原形
outruns
3rd person
第三人称单数
outrunning
-ing
现在分词
outran
Past
过去式
outrun
Past participle
过去分词
She outruns everyone on the team.
她跑得比队里所有人都快。
He outran the police and escaped.
他跑得比警察快，逃脱了。
The horse has outrun all the others.
这匹马已经跑得比其他所有马都快。
不规则动词；注意过去式 outran，过去分词 outrun。
The younger runner managed to outrun everyone else in the race.
那位更年轻的赛跑选手在比赛中成功跑赢了其他所有人。
Even though the dog was small, it could outrun most of the bigger dogs at the park.
尽管那条狗很小，它却比公园里大多数更大的狗跑得都快。
She outran her brother to the bus stop and got there first.
她跑得比弟弟快，先到了公交车站。
The sprinter easily outran all her rivals.
这位短跑运动员轻松超过了她所有的对手。
outrun 是及物动词，后直接跟宾语；过去式 outran，过去分词 outrun。
The old car was outrun by every other vehicle on the highway.
那辆旧车在高速公路上被其他每一辆车都超过了。
Not this
He can outrun than me.
Use this
He can outrun me.
outrun 是及物动词，直接接宾语，表示“跑得比…快”；受汉语“跑得比我快”的影响加 than 是错误的。
Not this
He outrunned me in the race.
Use this
He outran me in the race.
outrun 是不规则动词，过去式是 outran，不是按规则加 -ed 的 outrunned。
Not this
The thief outran from the police.
Use this
The thief outran the police.
outrun 表示“跑得比…快”时是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要 from；from 是 escape 的搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
超过竞争对手
We need to innovate faster to outrun the competition.
我们需要更快地创新，才能超过竞争对手。
逃脱警察的追捕
The thief outran the police and vanished into the crowd.
小偷逃脱了警察的追捕，消失在人群中。
跑在暴风雨前面，避开风暴
The sailors pushed the boat to its limit to outrun the storm.
船员们把船开到极限，想赶在暴风雨之前脱身。
跑赢通货膨胀
To protect your savings, their growth must outrun inflation.
要保护你的储蓄，它们的增长速度必须超过通货膨胀。
逃避自己的问题
You can't outrun your problems by changing cities.
你不可能靠更换城市来逃避自己的问题。
逃离过去；摆脱过去的影响
He moved to a new city to outrun his past, but it caught up with him.
他搬到一座新城市想逃离过去，但过去还是追上来了。
摆脱心魔；战胜内心的困扰
She realized she couldn't outrun her demons by changing jobs.
她意识到换工作无法摆脱自己的心魔。
逃脱法律制裁；逍遥法外
The thief thought he could outrun the law, but eventually he was arrested.
那个小偷以为能逃脱法律制裁，但最终被捕。
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out（超出）+ run（跑）＝跑得比…快，把对手甩在后面。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports/racing、figurative competition 该义项通常属中性语体，口语和书面语都适用；多用于赛跑或体育比赛，也常见于比喻在速度、进度或数量上超过某人或某事物。
outrun 与 overrun、run、sun、done、outgun 都以重读的 /ʌn/ 或 /rʌn/ 押韵。注意 outran 看起来相似，但发音是 /ˌaʊtˈræn/，不是 /ˌaʊtˈrʌn/。
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