想表達“我比你聰明” ，如果只說? I am cleverer than you并不能展現智慧，但如果說成 I 1.outwit/outsmart you.就頓覺得逼格很高。

英語妙在小詞的使用上。

關于out-系列詞，第一個浮出腦海的是2.outweigh

經常舉的例子是In terms of***, advantages outweigh disadvantages.

看teens報紙，遇到了3.outperform和4.outnumber

舉個例子： Girls outperform boys in this competition.

Females are outnumbered by males in the field of STEM.

以out-為詞綴的詞常表示“比……更……（好、多）”

out-系列詞,我喜歡把他們看成>v.? 理解成<前者大于后者動詞的意思>即可。

在現象級英語學習了5.outlive

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.

（注意這里的時態(tài)是過去完成時。由于計劃生育政策已經被廢除了，存在于廢除這個動作的過去，所以使用了過去完成時。）

outlive one’s usefulness=no longer useful

給的例句In startups the conventional/standard work schedule, i.e. from 9 am to 5 pm, has long since outlived its usefulness.（很多創(chuàng)業(yè)公司采用的是“996”模式，早9 點到晚9 點，一周上6 天班。）中，since的用法不熟，查了之后，做了以下筆記：

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.

原來的建筑老早就拆了。

回歸主題：

類似的詞還有6.outpace/outstrip/ outdistance

金山詞霸中找的例句

He easily outpaced/?outdistanced/?outstripped the other runners.

Demand is outpacing production.

7.outdo