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单词 excel
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Definition of excel in English:

excel

verbexcels, excelling, excelled ɪkˈsɛlɛkˈsɛlɪkˈsɛl
[no object]
  • 1Be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject.

    she excelled at landscape painting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Again mathematics was his favourite subject but he also excelled at divinity.
    • It is the kind of scene at which McEwan excels: his depiction of the showdown is tense, visual and dramatic.
    • Also shortlisted was a Chelmsford mother-of-three who excels as a football coach.
    • It also released the actor into the roving role in which he excels.
    • His rich father purchased him a prized education, but it was football at which the young Watson excelled.
    • She excelled in every subject and was friends with just about the entire school.
    • On the other hand, there is one thing that the party has been excelling at - the ability to expand its money-making activities.
    • Plus the fact that I happen to excel in all subjects, a bigger brain usage will do that to you.
    • Downland not only excels in physical activities but in the academic sphere as well.
    • The ceremony included the honouring of budding students of the school for excelling in various activities.
    • This year's taxable activity is one at which we excel - working and paying wages.
    • By all reports he is well adjusted, excelling in his academic and sports activities.
    • She was a golden girl in her youth, having excelled academically and at sport.
    • He has also been a wonderful football coach and player, excelling in all the various positions on the field.
    • But of course, it's the big jaunty disco showstoppers at which she excels.
    • The capital side have been excelling in ladies football for the past few seasons, however this team now feels capable of taking on anyone.
    • The school chose to specialise in media after an audit showed pupils were increasingly opting for the subject and excelling.
    • He has the speed and strength to rush the passer and also excels in pass coverage.
    • He might not have the normal wherewithal for all the range of subjects, but in the areas that he excels at he is very, very intelligent.
    • He began to excel in it and represented Horwich in the final Youth Games held last weekend.
    Synonyms
    shine, be very good, be excellent, be brilliant, be outstanding, be skilful, be talented, be proficient, be expert, be pre-eminent, reign supreme, wear the crown, stand out, be the best, be unrivalled, be unparalleled, be unequalled, be without equal, be second to none, be unsurpassed
    rare be unexampled
    surpass, outdo, outshine, outclass, outstrip, beat, beat hollow, top, cap, transcend, be better than, be superior to, go one better than, better, pass, eclipse, overshadow, put in the shade, put to shame
    informal best, leave standing, be head and shoulders above, be a cut above
    archaic extinguish, outrival, outvie
    1. 1.1excel oneselfBritish Perform exceptionally well.
      the keeper excelled himself to keep out an Elliott header
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The keeper then excelled himself by reacting quickly to block the rebound from Adam and, unbelievably, Dundee were still ahead.
      • Jess really excels himself here, in his evocation/evisceration of two videos we've also skewered at k-punk, though much less eloquently.
      • Despite my personal gripes with Beckett and his self-conscious intellectualism, ATD Productions have excelled themselves in creating what is a truly brilliant adaptation of an impossibly difficult play.
      • Lambie's side now sit nine points clear of the chasing pack and they excelled themselves here with penetrating one-touch football, but ultimately they were sucker-punched.
      • Angela Gheorghiu in the title role excels herself, immediately establishing herself among the greats.
      • The astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore, Royal Ballet principal ballerina Deborah Bull and former champion athlete Steve Cram will line up with 13 other individuals who have excelled themselves in their field.
      • The Pendle team were a little thin on the ground, but those who did compete excelled themselves with a total of 16 personal best performances.
      • I'm delighted with the organisation and the transport planners excelled themselves.
      • The chorus excels itself, as New Yorkers, suburbanites, cowboys and gods, while blending fluently with the eight professional dancers in William Tuckett's zippy choreography.
      • Mr Collings said this is when a child excels themselves.
      • We thought that £7,000 for Children in Need was good, but Woodham people have excelled themselves again.
      • During the course of this extraordinarily long movie, my children grew up, left home and had children of their own, Sam, in particular, excelling himself with a successful legal practice aimed at weeding out fraudulent accident claims.
      • First stop was the Oh So Famous SpiegelTent which this year is excelling itself.
      • Chris DiMarco, the American who has a track record of excelling himself in the season's first major, was neck and neck with Mickelson.
      • Students from Hounslow Borough excelled themselves this year at the annual training camp for Army Cadets at Westdown on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, coming away with top awards and the Queen's medal.
      • Last week, Madonna, an assisted blonde, 45-year-old mum-of-two, excelled herself by performing a manoeuvre that looked like upside-down bicycling on stage before thousands of astonished and, it has to be said, envious fans.
      • Indeed, my friends - a constant source of paranoia at the best of times - have been excelling themselves with this announcement of departure.
      • Wilson excels himself - this is vivid, immediate history, accurate, complex and tinged with personality.
      • It is, however, wrong of me to praise individuals for the entire cast excelled themselves and provided to each audience (I believe the whole week was fully booked out) an evening of genuine entertainment.
      • As he sits down in the congregation, and we all know the truth of what is about to happen, Robert Rodriguez's musical score excels itself.
      Synonyms
      attain distinction, be successful, bring fame to oneself, bring honour to oneself, become famous, dignify oneself, glorify oneself, excel oneself, win acclaim for oneself, ennoble oneself, become lionized, become immortalized, elevate oneself

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin excellere, from ex- 'out, beyond' + celsus 'lofty'.

Rhymes

Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell
 
 

Definition of excel in US English:

excel

verbɪkˈsɛlikˈsel
[no object]
  • Be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject.

    a sturdy youth who excelled at football
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was a golden girl in her youth, having excelled academically and at sport.
    • The ceremony included the honouring of budding students of the school for excelling in various activities.
    • She excelled in every subject and was friends with just about the entire school.
    • It is the kind of scene at which McEwan excels: his depiction of the showdown is tense, visual and dramatic.
    • On the other hand, there is one thing that the party has been excelling at - the ability to expand its money-making activities.
    • Again mathematics was his favourite subject but he also excelled at divinity.
    • He might not have the normal wherewithal for all the range of subjects, but in the areas that he excels at he is very, very intelligent.
    • He began to excel in it and represented Horwich in the final Youth Games held last weekend.
    • Downland not only excels in physical activities but in the academic sphere as well.
    • But of course, it's the big jaunty disco showstoppers at which she excels.
    • By all reports he is well adjusted, excelling in his academic and sports activities.
    • Also shortlisted was a Chelmsford mother-of-three who excels as a football coach.
    • It also released the actor into the roving role in which he excels.
    • He has the speed and strength to rush the passer and also excels in pass coverage.
    • Plus the fact that I happen to excel in all subjects, a bigger brain usage will do that to you.
    • This year's taxable activity is one at which we excel - working and paying wages.
    • The capital side have been excelling in ladies football for the past few seasons, however this team now feels capable of taking on anyone.
    • He has also been a wonderful football coach and player, excelling in all the various positions on the field.
    • His rich father purchased him a prized education, but it was football at which the young Watson excelled.
    • The school chose to specialise in media after an audit showed pupils were increasingly opting for the subject and excelling.
    Synonyms
    shine, be very good, be excellent, be brilliant, be outstanding, be skilful, be talented, be proficient, be expert, be pre-eminent, reign supreme, wear the crown, stand out, be the best, be unrivalled, be unparalleled, be unequalled, be without equal, be second to none, be unsurpassed
    surpass, outdo, outshine, outclass, outstrip, beat, beat hollow, top, cap, transcend, be better than, be superior to, go one better than, better, pass, eclipse, overshadow, put in the shade, put to shame

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin excellere, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’.

 
 
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