For the first time in history, urban people outnumbered rural people.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
(在數(shù)量上)壓倒,比…多
If one group of people or things outnumbers another, the first group has more people or things in it than the second group.
例句
...a town where men outnumber women four to one...男性比女性多3倍的城鎮(zhèn)Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled fields.在這片以石墻隔出巴掌大的農(nóng)田的鄉(xiāng)村,驢子比汽車還多。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
數(shù)量多于;比…多
Reporters outnumbered guests at the political gathering.在那次政治性集會上, 記者的數(shù)量超過了來賓。