单词 | trump |
释义 | trump From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Cardstrumptrump1 /trʌmp/ noun1 → trumps2 [countable] (also trump card)DGC a card from the suit that has been chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular game3 → trump card4 → come/turn up trumpsExamples from the Corpustrump• We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card.• Why, produce her trump card.• Adversity is the regime's natural habitat, and in dealing with its own populace its one moral trump.• In return, it promised not to play its one trump card - water.• Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card. Cardstrumptrump2 verb [transitive]1 DGCto play a trump that beats someone else’s card in a game2 to do better than someone else in a situation when people are competing with each other By wearing a simple but stunning dress, she had trumped them all. → trump something ↔ up→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustrump• A family's decision for a woman to marry trumps her own decision to participate politically.• When state department analysts are asked for their opinions, however, pragmatism will probably trump ideology. |
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