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

• 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。
• You have outdone yourself this time, Janet.
  珍妮特，你这次是超常发挥。
• 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've outdone yourself once again.
  你又一次战胜了自己。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not to be outdone she tried again.
  她很好强，又试了一次。
• Thinking he could not be outdone, the father frog puffed up his stomach even more.
  想想自已不能做过头了，青蛙爸爸又用力的张大肚子。
• Employees in high spirits, and actively enthusiastic, each one not to be outdone.
  员工们兴致勃勃，积极踊跃，每一个都不甘示弱。