真的跑在前面
這一支就是畫面本身，沒有比喻。看懂了這個，後面兩個用法都只是換了比賽的項目。
verb · C1
To run or move faster than another person, animal, or vehicle, so that you leave them behind.
跑贏
核心畫面
Think of two runners on a track. One of them moves past the other and keeps going, so the gap behind her gets wider every second. That gap is the whole word. Whatever outstrip is used for — speed, results, or numbers — it says that one side went past the other and left it behind, not that it won by a hair.
可以想成跑道上的兩個人。其中一個超過另一個之後繼續往前，後面的距離越拉越開。那道拉開的距離就是這個字的重點。不管 o…更多收起
可以想成跑道上的兩個人。其中一個超過另一個之後繼續往前，後面的距離越拉越開。那道拉開的距離就是這個字的重點。不管 outstrip 用在速度、成績還是數字上，它都在說一邊衝到前面、把另一邊甩在後面，而不是只險勝一點點。From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives out- (a prefix meaning exceeding or surpassing) plus strip in an old sense 'to move or pass by quickly' — literally, to go past something fast.
字典把它拆成 out-（勝過、超出）加上 strip；strip 在舊英文裡有「快速通過」的意思。字面就是「很快地從旁邊過去」，跟今天那個拉開距離的畫面完全對得上。
Wiktionary entry for outstrip, etymology: "From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip ((obsolete) to move or pass by quickly)." (kaikki extract kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:827913310:22271)
Two branches
比出來的超前：成績和數量
跑道換成了別的東西：換成業績、成績，就是「做得比別人好」；換成數字，就是「量超過另一邊」。跑者變成公司或數字，但「超過去再拉開」的動作一模一樣。
verb · C1
To do something better than another person, team, or company, so that you end up clearly ahead of them.
勝過