Out-系列词学习

想表达“我比你聪明” ，如果只说  I am cleverer than you并不能展现智慧，但如果说成 I 1.outwit/outsmart you.就顿觉得逼格很高。

英语妙在小词的使用上。

关于out-系列词，第一个浮出脑海的是2.outweigh

经常举的例子是In terms of***, advantages outweigh disadvantages.

看teens报纸，遇到了3.outperform和4.outnumber

举个例子： Girls outperform boys in this competition.

Females are outnumbered by males in the field of STEM.

以out-为词缀的词常表示“比……更……（好、多）”

out-系列词,我喜欢把他们看成>v.  理解成<前者大于后者动词的意思>即可。

在现象级英语学习了5.outlive

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.

（注意这里的时态是过去完成时。由于计划生育政策已经被废除了，存在于废除这个动作的过去，所以使用了过去完成时。）

outlive one’s usefulness=no longer useful

给的例句In startups the conventional/standard work schedule, i.e. from 9 am to 5 pm, has long since outlived its usefulness.（很多创业公司采用的是“996”模式，早9 点到晚9 点，一周上6 天班。）中，since的用法不熟，查了之后，做了以下笔记：

If you say that something has long since happened, you mean that it happened a longtime ago.

The original building has long since (=long before now) been demolished.

原来的建筑老早就拆了。

回归主题：

类似的词还有6.outpace/outstrip/ outdistance

金山词霸中找的例句

He easily outpaced/ outdistanced/ outstripped the other runners.

Demand is outpacing production.

7.outdo