outvote
UK [ˌaʊt'vəʊt] US [-'voʊt] verb transitive usually passive
■to defeat someone by winning a greater number of votes 得票超过，以多数票胜过•The Democrats were outvoted, as usual.和往常一样，民主党因得票少而被击败。 •informal I suggested we should go for a pizza, but I was outvoted (= most people did not want to) so we went for a curry.我建议去吃披萨，但没几个人赞成，所以我们去吃咖喱饭了。 |