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单词 surpass
释义
surpass
verb[T]
formal
uk
/səˈpɑːs/us
/sɚˈpæs/
C2
to do or bebetterthan:
超过，优于，胜过
Histimefor the 100metressurpassed thepreviousworldrecordbyonehundredthof a second.他以0.01秒的优势打破了100米短跑的前世界纪录。
The book'ssuccesshas surpassed everyone'sexpectations.这本书获得了出乎所有人意料的成功。
Thedirectorhas really surpassed himself(= donebetterthan he has done before)with this newfilm.这位导演凭借这部新电影实现了真正的自我超越。
Synonyms
exceed
outperform
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surpassing in quality or number
  • beat
  • catch
  • catch(someone)up
  • compare
  • crown
  • crush
  • dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
  • eclipse
  • encore
  • outcompete
  • outdo
  • outflank
  • outgo
  • outman
  • push the envelopeidiom
  • put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
  • shame
  • steal a march onsomeoneidiom
  • stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
  • tower
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(Definition ofsurpassfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

surpass| American Dictionary

surpass
verb[T]
us
/sərˈpæs/
to do or bebetteror more than somethingelse:
Our team’sachievementssurpass those ofteamsinearlieryears.
(Definition ofsurpassfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

surpass| Business English

surpass
verb[T]
uk
/səˈpɑːs/us
to do or bebetterorgreaterthan something:
Thequarterlysalesfigureshavesurpassedeveryone'sexpectations.
Thelatestfiguressurpassed thepreviouspeakof 15,418 foreclosures in the thirdquarterof 2008.
(Definition ofsurpassfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurpass

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What if past thought were not always surpassed thought?
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His work in this field is unlikely to be surpassed for a very long time to come.
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Team effort supported by massive corporate resources surpasses lone artists in technological advances in the creative arts.
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For example, in poorer countries the number of wireless phone connections are surpassing the number of fixed lines.
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This phenomenon far surpasses general notions of "poor" parenting.
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Early estimates of maximum life expectancy, which yielded values in the 70s, have already been surpassed in low mortality populations.
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Consequently, although jack mackerel catches continued to rise, surpassing 3 million tonnes in 1991, pilchard harvests collapsed back to mid-1970s levels.
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Then, a competitive linking strategy is used, but not until all words or phrases are linked, but until a certain threshold is surpassed.
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Even when audio samples make explicit references to other compositions/contexts/histories, the results rarelysurpassnostalgic affect.
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Notwithstanding the objections raised here, it is unlikely to be surpassed in breadth and depth in years to come.
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Such a move wouldsurpassthe current vogue of 'research-fordevelopment', which still assumes the research is at centre stage.
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As can be seen, this new method found the best trade-off solution using both representations, surpassing even the mathematical programming techniques employed.
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But they also wish to show that men of this kind surpassed the limits of acceptable male behaviour.
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Unexpectedly, the exact version even surpasses the performance of the double precision one.
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Nineteenth-century sources tell us of clerks surpassing in number the officials, some departments employing up to several tens of them at the same time.
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