overmatch
verb[T]
USuk/ˌəʊ.vəˈmætʃ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈmætʃ/to belargerinnumber,stronger,better, etc. than someone or something:
超过;胜过;击败Therebelscompletelyovermatched thepoliceboth innumbersandweapons.叛军在人数和武器上都完全超过了警方。
His writing overmatched hisvocalabilityas speechmaker.作为一位演讲人,他的文笔超过了口才。
- The Redskins, with that gooddefense, will overmatch the Giants.
- Herecognizedthat he and his men had been overmatched by thefederalcounterattack.
Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch(someone)up
- compare
- crown
- crush
- dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
- eclipse
- encore
- outcompete
- outdo
- outflank
- outgo
- outman
- put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
- shame
- steal a march onsomeoneidiom
- stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
- surpass
- tower