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

• Adel had outdone himself and every expectation Alastair ever had of him!
  阿德尔了超越自己，每一个期望阿拉斯泰过他！
• 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。
• He has outdone all his rivals in skill.
  他在技巧方面胜过所有的对手。
• 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。
• You will hardly bear to be long outdone by Jane.
  你也不愿意让吉英超前太久吧。
• Not to be outdone she tried again.
  她很好强，又试了一次。
• You have outdone yourself this time, Janet.
  珍妮特，你这次是超常发挥。
• 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。
• Besides, every time I try, I am constantly outdone by my husband.
  再者，每次我试图逗孩子们开心，我总是被我先生比下去。