surpassed
past simple and past participle ofsurpass
| 单词 | surpassed |
| 释义 | surpassed past simple and past participle ofsurpass surpass verb[T] formaluk/səˈpɑːs/us/sɚˈpæs/C2 to do or bebetterthan: Histimefor the 100metressurpassed thepreviousworldrecordbyonehundredthof a second. The book'ssuccesshas surpassed everyone'sexpectations. Thedirectorhas really surpassed himself(= donebetterthan he has done before)with this newfilm. Synonyms exceed outperform Surpassing in quality or number
Examplesofsurpassedsurpassed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His work in this field is unlikely to besurpassedfor a very long time to come. From theCambridge English Corpus Early estimates of maximum life expectancy, which yielded values in the 70s, have already beensurpassedin low mortality populations. From theCambridge English Corpus Then, a competitive linking strategy is used, but not until all words or phrases are linked, but until a certain threshold issurpassed. From theCambridge English Corpus Further, since 1994, multilateral lending hassurpassedbilateral lending. From theCambridge English Corpus Notwithstanding the objections raised here, it is unlikely to besurpassedin breadth and depth in years to come. From theCambridge English Corpus But they also wish to show that men of this kindsurpassedthe limits of acceptable male behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Purchases outweighed sales by a factor of about two, and their absolute levelsurpassedthe mean value recorded for farmers (903 versus 723 gulden). From theCambridge English Corpus The oil palm plantation has become the largest sector in terms of area after itsurpassedthe rubber plantation sector in 1997. From theCambridge English Corpus The party model thus provides an excellent fit to the underlying individual-level vote choices; however, it is marginallysurpassedby the ideological model. From theCambridge English Corpus The lending excesses of the banks weresurpassedby the chaebol -dominated non-bank financial sector. From theCambridge English Corpus The lattersurpassedthemselves in techniques of bargaining from relative weakness, techniques which only the very strong can afford to neglect all the time. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, concerning lean body mass, hysterectomized womensurpassedthe control group in all somatometric parameters. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, looking at the intensity-wavelength plots, one can see that an intensity range can be found where the threshold gain value issurpassed. From theCambridge English Corpus The biomass share of palmssurpassedthe biomass share of lianas in all six mature-forest sites. From theCambridge English Corpus They have left behind this label - outstripped its negative connotations andsurpassedall associated expectations. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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