| 单词 | outdo |
| 释义 | outdo verb[T] uk/ˌaʊtˈduː/us/ˌaʊtˈduː/outdid|outdoneto be, or do something,betterthan someoneelse: 胜过，超越；优于He alwaystriesto outdo everybodyelsein theclass.他总是想超过班里的每一个人。 Surpassing in quality or number
Idiomnot to be outdone outdo| American Dictionaryoutdo verb[T] us/ˌɑʊtˈdu/present tenseoutdoesus/ˌɑʊtˈdʌz/|past tenseoutdidus/ˌɑʊtˈdɪd/|past participleoutdoneus/ˌɑʊtˈdʌn/to do more or bebetterthan someoneelse: He alwaystriesto outdo histeammates. Examplesofoutdooutdo The actuality is continually outdoing our own talents, and the culture tosses up figures almost daily that are the envy of any novelist. From theCambridge English Corpus They outdid themselves in their kindness to one another and in their demonstrations of goodwill and charity towards the residents. From theCambridge English Corpus To this aim, they were obliged to enhance further and further the deflection effect of their policy in order tooutdotheir rivals. From theCambridge English Corpus The studio audience murmurs that no one canoutdosuch a prodigy of memory. From theCambridge English Corpus The principal meaning of "emulation" in the period was not just imitation but rather rivalry, an effort tooutdothe model imitated. From theCambridge English Corpus He had worked for so many nineteenth-century showmen that he was able tooutdothem all. From theCambridge English Corpus As western modernisation spreads there is a reaction which attempts tooutdothe west in its own terms, with the kind of partial convergence this implies. From theCambridge English Corpus Before the entourage crossed the street the men expanded their chests and let out a series of war cries and whoops, trying tooutdoone another. From theCambridge English Corpus In the famous combative stretto and its sequel, the latest comer bids fair tooutdothe main subject, seizing the initiative as the race approaches its goal. From theCambridge English Corpus On both sides of the island, the leadership attempted to "outdo" the "other" through access to different resources, creation of particular economic alliances, and further militarization of communities. From theCambridge English Corpus Decartelisation of interests must not, though, be allowed to go so far that the actors are played off against each other and end up eventually outdoing each other. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The problem is this: where equal opportunities and the fight against discrimination are concerned, we are constantly trying tooutdoourselves. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The priority is to conclude this round as a development round and not to try tooutdoone another where industrial products and services are concerned. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The opportunity of vouchers is a challenge for local authorities to meet, if they are capable of outdoing the private sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not to be outdone, however, the trustees came back with another wheeze. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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