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Definition of outnumber in English: outnumberverb aʊtˈnʌmbəˌaʊtˈnəmbər [with object]Be more numerous than. 比…多，在数量上超过 women outnumbered men by three to one 女性人数以3比1超出男性。 Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps if there were 10,000 protesters we could have marched on the building itself, but with the police almost outnumbering the protesters there was never a chance.
- The parish statistics show that 18 parishioners died during the year and there were 49 baptisms with the girls outnumbering the boys by almost 25 per cent.
- Oversized, oversexed and over here - the American grey squirrel has largely displaced its indigenous cousin since arriving in the 19th century and now outnumbers it 66 to one.
- In areas where the elderly population already outnumbers other age groups, the authorities have begun taking action.
- The private sector now outnumbers the public for the first time in decades.
- But there was an unequal ratio with male students outnumbering their female counterparts in preferring Australia for taking up higher education.
- This year we had the biggest crowd of supporters we believe we have ever seen, outnumbering protesters 100 to one.
- You see New Zealand is home to rather a lot of sheep - 45 million of them to be precise - easily outnumbering their human counterparts by more than 11 to one.
- In Britain, there are numerous Roman-period cemeteries in which men greatly outnumber women.
- The pattern of men greatly outnumbering women in Greek migration to Australia persisted until 1956, when a program commenced to redress the imbalance.
- I've always known that cat owners are somewhat fanatical when it comes to their pets, but the sheer number of sites devoted to this finicky member of the animal kingdom probably outnumbers the amount of cats in this country.
- The number of diploma and certificate places being offered outnumbers those for degree programmes.
- So was the atmosphere in the National Stadium on April 22, with gun-toting and decidedly edgy cops and soldiers just about outnumbering the spectators.
- And outnumbering all of these veteran activists was a new and energetic generation of young people who had never trusted politicians and were finding their own political voice on the streets of Seattle, Prague and Sao Paulo.
- In 1999, Scotland recorded the largest ever natural decrease in the population since records began in 1855, with deaths outnumbering births by more than 5000.
- Women greatly outnumber men, and illegitimate births are very numerous.
- It's certainly a sign of the times when your email outnumbers your postal mail twenty to one.
- The numerous and lukewarm group outnumber the rabid partisans on both sides, though.
- At this debate, the press outnumbers the attendants 4 to 1.
- Even though our summer is their winter, winter felt more like a mild British autumn, with clear, cool sunny days massively outnumbering the rainy ones during our August visit - although apparently that was out of the ordinary.
RhymesColumba, cumber, encumber, Humber, lumbar, lumber, number, rumba, slumber, umber Definition of outnumber in US English: outnumberverbˌaʊtˈnəmbərˌoutˈnəmbər [with object]Be more numerous than. 比…多，在数量上超过 women outnumbered men by three to one 女性人数以3比1超出男性。 Example sentencesExamples - I've always known that cat owners are somewhat fanatical when it comes to their pets, but the sheer number of sites devoted to this finicky member of the animal kingdom probably outnumbers the amount of cats in this country.
- So was the atmosphere in the National Stadium on April 22, with gun-toting and decidedly edgy cops and soldiers just about outnumbering the spectators.
- It's certainly a sign of the times when your email outnumbers your postal mail twenty to one.
- The numerous and lukewarm group outnumber the rabid partisans on both sides, though.
- But there was an unequal ratio with male students outnumbering their female counterparts in preferring Australia for taking up higher education.
- Even though our summer is their winter, winter felt more like a mild British autumn, with clear, cool sunny days massively outnumbering the rainy ones during our August visit - although apparently that was out of the ordinary.
- In areas where the elderly population already outnumbers other age groups, the authorities have begun taking action.
- At this debate, the press outnumbers the attendants 4 to 1.
- And outnumbering all of these veteran activists was a new and energetic generation of young people who had never trusted politicians and were finding their own political voice on the streets of Seattle, Prague and Sao Paulo.
- You see New Zealand is home to rather a lot of sheep - 45 million of them to be precise - easily outnumbering their human counterparts by more than 11 to one.
- Oversized, oversexed and over here - the American grey squirrel has largely displaced its indigenous cousin since arriving in the 19th century and now outnumbers it 66 to one.
- Women greatly outnumber men, and illegitimate births are very numerous.
- Perhaps if there were 10,000 protesters we could have marched on the building itself, but with the police almost outnumbering the protesters there was never a chance.
- The number of diploma and certificate places being offered outnumbers those for degree programmes.
- In Britain, there are numerous Roman-period cemeteries in which men greatly outnumber women.
- In 1999, Scotland recorded the largest ever natural decrease in the population since records began in 1855, with deaths outnumbering births by more than 5000.
- The private sector now outnumbers the public for the first time in decades.
- The parish statistics show that 18 parishioners died during the year and there were 49 baptisms with the girls outnumbering the boys by almost 25 per cent.
- The pattern of men greatly outnumbering women in Greek migration to Australia persisted until 1956, when a program commenced to redress the imbalance.
- This year we had the biggest crowd of supporters we believe we have ever seen, outnumbering protesters 100 to one.
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