单词	outwit
释义	outwitout‧wit /aʊtˈwɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle outwitted, present participle outwitting) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE outwit Simple Form Present I, you, we, they outwit he, she, it outwits Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they outwitted Present perfect I, you, we, they have outwitted he, she, it has outwitted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had outwitted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will outwit Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have outwitted Continuous Form Present I am outwitting he, she, it is outwitting you, we, they are outwitting Past I, he, she, it was outwitting you, we, they were outwitting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been outwitting he, she, it has been outwitting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been outwitting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be outwitting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been outwitting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Speeders can outwit police radar with a variety of devices. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But Ray had outwitted many an opponent in the Olympics. He was a lawyer, he ought to be able to outwit the law. It is the need to outwit and dupe and help and teach one another that drove us to be ever more intelligent. One of them, Merovech, attempted to outwit his stepmother by marrying Sigibert's widow, Brunhild. She felt she had been tactically outwitted, and she hated him for it. The realization bit into Harry's confidence that he could outwit such a man: who was he really fooling? We use our intellects not to solve practical problems but to outwit each other. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto beat someone by using your intelligence► outwit/outsmart to get an advantage over someone that you are fighting or competing against, by using clever tricks and planning rather than by force: · We can't fight them. We'll just have to try and outsmart them.· None of the thieves wanted to admit that they had been outwitted by a couple of teenagers. ► be too clever for also be too smart for especially American if you are too clever or too smart for someone, they have tried to trick you but you realized what they were doing and stopped them succeeding: · Molly tried to hide the presents but the children were too clever for her and found them within minutes. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► outfox/outwit/outmanoeuvre an opponent (=gain an advantage over an opponent by being more intelligent or skilful than they are)· Football is all about outwitting your opponents. to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans:  a wolf that had outwitted hunters for years
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