If you outpace someone, you go faster than they do — or you grow, get better, or change faster than they do. The old picture is walking: your pace (your step) is quicker, so you pull ahead.

If you outpace someone如果你 outpace 某人, you go faster than they do意思是你比他們跑得快 — or you grow, get better, or change faster than they do或是你成長、進步、改變的速度比他們快。The old picture最初的畫面 is walking是走路: your pace (your step)你的步伐（pace） is quicker比較快, so you pull ahead於是你就領先了。

Though actually, today you meet this word far more in news and business than on a running track.

Though actually不過其實, today如今 you meet this word你遇到這個詞, far more in news and business比較常是在新聞和商業報導裡, than on a running track而不是在跑道上。

Demand can outpace supply: people want more than shops can sell. A city can outpace its roads. Wages that fail to outpace prices leave families feeling poorer, even when the number on the pay slip went up a little.

Demand can outpace supply需求可能會 outpace（超過）供給: people want more人們想要的比較多 than shops can sell比店家能賣的還多。A city一座城市 can outpace可能會 outpace（超越） its roads自己的道路建設。Wages that fail to outpace prices薪水如果沒能跑贏物價 leave families feeling poorer會讓家庭覺得更窮, even when the number on the pay slip went up a little就算薪資單上的數字有小小增加也一樣。

Papers and reports like it because it feels more alive than “grow faster than.” It is not slang, and it is not a dinner-table word; it is serious grown-up English for people or for things. The out- here means “more than,” not “outdoors.”

Papers and reports報章與報告 like it喜歡用這個詞 because it feels more alive因為它感覺更生動 than "grow faster than."比起「grow faster than」。It is not slang它不是俚語, and it is not a dinner-table word也不是餐桌上的閒聊用詞; it is serious grown-up English它是嚴肅的成人英文用詞 for people or for things可以用在人或事物上。The out- here這裡的 out- means意思是「more than」（超過）, not "outdoors."而不是「outdoors」（戶外）。