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1. Whatever measure you choose, Chinese tourists now top the global rankings.
2. Last year just shy of 100 million Chinese made foreign trips.
3. And collectively they spent well over $100bn overseas outstripping any other nationality.
译文:
1. 不管你以什么方式,中国游客在世界上都名列前茅。
2. 去年近一亿的中国人出过境。[应该是指全球中国人]
3. 而且他们一起在海外花了1000多亿美金,超过其它任何一个国籍的人。
shy of = (非正式) less than,不足,缺少,接近
outstrip = exceed,做得比…更好,超过,超越
口语练习:
He left school just shy of his fourteenth birthday.
Samsung profits jumped as smartphone sales outstripped Apple’s iPhone.
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