surpass

surpass
verb
  1. [with obj.]exceed; be greater than
    超过;强过
    pre-war levels of production were surpassed in 1929.
    战前的生产水平在1929年被超过。
    ■be better than
    胜过
    he continued to surpass me at all games.
    他仍然在所有的竞赛中都胜过我。
    ■(surpass oneself)do or be better than ever before
    超常发挥
    the organist was surpassing himself.
    这位风琴弹奏者超常发挥。
    ■[asadj. surpassing](dated or poetic/literary)incomparable or outstanding
    (旧或诗/文)无与伦比的;卓越的
    a picture of surpassing beauty.
    一幅美轮美奂的图画。
派生
surpassable
adjective
surpassingly
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French surpasser, from sur- 'above' + passer 'to pass'
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