[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
mid 16th cent.: from French surpasser, from sur- 'above' + passer 'to pass'