释义 |
out-ˈargue, v. [out- 18 b.] trans. To defeat or get the better of in argument.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. 84 Out-argued, out-talented. 1778Johnson in Boswell 3 Apr., Though we cannot out-vote them, we will out-argue them. 1809Syd. Smith Methodism Wks. 1854 I. 295 Such men..cannot understand when they are out-argued. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 69 The disputant is out-argued. |