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outspent

/out-spent/US // ˌaʊtˈspɛnt //

被淘汰的,被超越的,被淘汰,被超越

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : worn-out; exhausted.

Examples

  • She made it through the primary, and was outspent 3-to-1 in the general.

  • Gómez lost her congressional race big, while being outspent heavily by Sara Jacobs.

  • So don’t stop believin’ if your candidate of choice is outspent.

  • Heavily outspent, Montgomery Steppe won anyway, and it wasn’t close.

  • As of July 29, Spano had outspent Franklin, $824,000 to $483,000, and the incumbent’s allies at the anti-tax Club for Growth also invested more than $270,000.

  • Peter Shumlin has been doing a lousy job and voters turned against him, even though he outspent his opponent five to one.

  • The result was that the colorful incumbent was vastly outspent and lost by more than 30 points.

  • Brat was dramatically outraised and outspent by the House majority leader.

  • He also heavily outspent Bevin and went ferociously negative.

  • Unable to raise significant money from the Republican establishment, Cuccinelli was outspent more than ten-to-one.

  • Until at last, outspent with energy, he draws a deep breath of exhaustion, and realizes that he is weariness itself.

  • Thirty feet above the water his strength was almost outspent, but he struggled to raise himself one more time, and then another.

  • The sheriff and his nine men sank down on the grassy slope, gasping, outspent.