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

• Neither side wants to be outdone.
  任何一方都不希望对方超过自己。
• 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。
• Maqie, not to be outdone by her sister, also won her event.
  吉不比她的姐姐逊色，也赢了这项比赛。
• So one doesn't want to be outdone by the other.
  就是一个不想被另一个超越。
• You have outdone yourself this time, Janet.
  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。
• He has outdone all his rivals in skill.
  他在技巧方面胜过所有的对手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。