outdone

英 [ˌaʊtˈdʌn]

美 [ˌaʊtˈdʌn]

v.  胜过; 优于
outdo的过去分词

过去分词：outdone　

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柯林斯词典

• VERB （在某一活动上）超过，胜过，比…干得好
  If yououtdosomeone, you are a lot more successful than they are at a particular activity.
  1. It was important for me to outdo them, to feel better than they were...
     超过他们，感到自己比他们更优秀，这点对我来说很重要。
  2. Both sides have tried to outdo each other to show how tough they can be.
     双方各不相让，都想显示自己有多么厉害。
• PHRASE 不甘落后
  You usenot to be outdoneto introduce an action which someone takes in response to a previous action.
  1. Not to be outdone, the Croats came up with a peacekeeping proposal of their own...
     克罗地亚不甘人后，提出了他们自己的维和方案。
  2. She wore a lovely tiara but the groom, not to be outdone, had on a very smart embroidered waistcoat.
     她戴了一顶漂亮的冕状头饰，而新郎也毫不逊色，身着一件非常讲究的刺绣西服马甲。

双语例句

• John offered me a drink and, not to be outdone, Jake found me a chair.
  约翰为我端来一杯饮料，为了不输给他，杰克为我搬来一张椅子。
• A: My compliments on this delicious Easter feast! You have outdone yourself this time, Janet.
  我得赞美这次美味的复活节盛宴！珍妮特，你这次是超常发挥。
• Peggy showed off her new dancing steps and walter, not to be outdone in a matter of entertaining visitors, his prowess at handstands, cartwheels and backward somersaults.
  佩吉卖弄了她的舞步，而沃尔特在讨好观众方面也不甘示弱，就拿出了倒立、横翻筋斗和后翻筋斗的拿手好戏。
• And not to be outdone by that, their smiling faces were full of happy brilliance.
  但他们充满幸福光辉的笑脸仍令他们不被掩盖。
• South Korea, not to be outdone, will this week introduce a "Big Bang" restructuring of the entire financial system to encourage competition, consolidation and creativity, in an effort to make Seoul into a world-class financial centre.
  不甘落后的韩国将于本周对整个金融系统进行“大规模”重组，以鼓励竞争、整合和创新，力争将首尔打造成世界一流的金融中心。
• Not to be outdone, Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, proposed a pan-Pacific economic community that would include America and collaborate on security.
  澳大利亚总理陆克文说这是为了不被淘汰，其提出了泛太平洋经济共同体将包括美国和其协作的安全。
• She wore a lovely tiara but the groom, not to be outdone, had on a very smart embroidered waistcoat.
  她戴了一顶漂亮的冕状头饰，而新郎也毫不逊色，身着一件非常讲究的刺绣西服马甲。
• Since that time, the computer industry has not only managed to build programmable computing machines, they've also outdone themselves by doubling the capabilities every eighteen months or so.
  从那时起，计算机工业不仅得以建造可编程计算机器，而且还通过每十八个月左右就使能力加倍，从而超越了它们自身。
• String of red and cockscomb to be outdone, you can see, red string like a number of tailor-made sugar-coated haws inserted in the earth.
  串红和鸡冠花也不甘示弱，你望，串红像是很多特制的冰糖葫芦插在土里。
• You have outdone yourself this time, Janet.
  珍妮特，你这次是超常发挥。