| 单词 | not to be outdone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be outdone a. transitive. To excel, surpass, beat; to be superior to. Frequently in passive, esp. in not to be outdone. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] overstyeOE overshinec1175 overgoc1225 passc1225 surmountc1369 forpassc1374 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 to pass overa1393 overcomec1400 outpass?a1425 exceedc1425 precedec1425 superexcelc1429 transcendc1430 precel?a1439 outcut1447 overgrowc1475 to come over ——a1479 excel1493 overleapa1500 vanquish1533 outweigh1534 prevent1540 better1548 preferc1550 outgo1553 surpassa1555 exsuperate1559 cote1566 overtop1567 outrun1575 outstrip1579 outsail1580 overruna1586 pre-excel1587 outbid1589 outbrave1589 out-cote1589 top1590 outmatch1593 outvie1594 superate1595 surbravec1600 oversile1608 over-height1611 overstride1614 outdoa1616 outlustrea1616 outpeera1616 outstrikea1616 outrival1622 antecede1624 out-top1624 antecell1625 out-pitch1627 over-merit1629 outblazea1634 surmatch1636 overdoa1640 overact1643 outact1644 worst1646 overspana1657 outsoar1674 outdazzle1691 to cut down1713 ding1724 to cut out1738 cap1821 by-pass1848 overtower1850 pretergress1851 outray1876 outreach1879 cut1884 outperform1937 outrate1955 one-up1963 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 134 He hath in this action out-done his former deeds doubly. View more context for this quotation 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 193 Outdo the Vulgar in these vanities, Those Vulgar which so proudly you despise. 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 170. ⁋28 They outdo us so much in cheapness of labour. a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 28 In the former of these especially, King Solomon himself shall be outdone. 1804 W. Wordsworth I wandered Lonely as a Cloud iii, in Poet. Wks. (1849–50) II. 104 The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxxiv. 274 The other two women were not to be outdone. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxv. 492 A very old man and a very young girl behaving in most lover-like fashion, the girl outdoing the man in enthusiastic determination to convince. 1992 New Scientist 25 Jan. 22/1 Not to be outdone by the Americans, Japan is about to embark on its own biosphere programme. < as lemmas |
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