| 单词 | one-upmanship | 
| 释义 | one-upmanshipn.  The art or practice of gaining the advantage, the condition of being ‘one up’ (see one-up adv. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > 			[noun]		 > psychological > art of one-upmanship1952 upmanship1962 1952    S. Potter 		(title)	  				One-upmanship. 1957    Amer. Econ. Rev. 47 687  				We play at a scholar's version of Stephen Potter's ‘oneupsmanship’ [sic]. 1962    P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. viii. 87  				It is thus that the manufacturers maintain their happy state of oneupmanship. 1973    J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 87  				Smithson's one-up-man-ship ploy of keeping a senior police officer waiting. 2002    Ministry Jan. 41/2  				[Her friends' behaviour] can't excuse her exercise in one-upmanship which resulted..in her shooting up liquid cocaine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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