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单词 overmatch
释义 overmatch
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English overmacchen, from over (I) + macchen to match
1.
 a. : to be more than equal to or a match for
  < a bleakness that overmatched his boredom — Booth Tarkington >
 b. : vanquish, defeat
  < with the unobtrusive action of an overmatched man — Joseph Furphy >
  < occasionally victorious and usually overmatched gladiators — Bennett Cerf >
2. : to match (as a team, a player, a prizefighter) with a superior opponent
 < does all right … until his owner overmatches him — John McCarten >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : one superior in power
 < met his overmatch >
2. : a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched
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