| 单词 | exceed |
| 释义 | ex·ceed transitive verb 1. < if this rain keeps up, the river will exceed its banks by morning > 2. a. < his brother exceeds him in height > < their accomplishment exceeded our expectation > < the cost must not exceed one year's income > b. < the mercy of God exceeds our finite minds > 3. < he exceeded his authority when he paid his brother's gambling debts with money from the trust > < the captain exceeded his orders when he quartered men in private houses > intransitive verb 1. obsolete a. b. 2. Synonyms: < far exceeding the production figures from last year > < an Inferno which exceeds anything that Dante imagined — Henry Miller > < the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand — U.S. Constitution > < he seemed to think I'd exceeded my authority in disposing of the rebels as I saw fit — Kenneth Roberts > surpass is a close synonym of exceed; it is likely to be used in reference to superiorty in quality, merit, virtue, or skill, although it may be used to describe what is more evil or reprehensible < he wanted himself to surpass Caesar in deeds and his legions to surpass the achievements of the legions of Caesar — J.T.Farrell > < in the moral essence of tragedy it is safe to say that in this play Middleton is surpassed by one Elizabethan alone, and that is Shakespeare — T.S.Eliot > < in the imputation of things evil and in putting the worst construction on things innocent, a certain type of good people may be trusted to surpass all others — Rudyard Kipling > < his tyrannies surpassed those of his predecessor > transcend may suggest a rising notably or remarkably above an accustomed standard or level < sorrow transcending all sorrows, darker than death, immitigable, eternal — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < in Virgil we find that divine afflatus which transcends the most balanced wisdom and the deftest technical skill — John Buchan > < certain problems are raised, if an ideal, embodied into law, transcends the “realities” too far — Reinhold Niebuhr > In intransitive uses excel implies reaching a preeminence in accomplishment or achievement; in transitive ones it is a close synonym of surpass < excelling in terse narrative > < excelling in athletics > < during their seminary years he had easily surpassed his friend in scholarship, but he always realized that Joseph excelled him in the fervor of his faith — Willa Cather > < if some excelled him in learning and scholarly productivity, not many surpassed him in personal attractiveness — H.E.Starr > outdo, a more colloquial word, may apply to topping, bettering, or exceeding what has been done before < the military engines he devised for the defense of Syracuse seem never to have been outdone in the ancient world — Benjamin Farrington > < a competition in deceit in which, I admit, he outdid them — Owen Wister > outstrip suggests surpassing in a race or competition or similar endeavor < swimming was his chief delight, and so it came about that one day when he was far from land, having outstripped all his fellows in a race, he was hardly surprised to see a dolphin plunging alongside of him — Norman Douglas > < bituminous coal had far outstripped anthracite in the industrial markets — S.A.Hale > < instead of allowing his reader the easy victory, he takes pride in outstripping him completely — Edmund Wilson > |
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