get the better of

英 [ɡet ðə ˈbetə(r) ɒv]

美 [ɡet ðə ˈbetər əv]

（在比赛、打斗或争论中）战胜，打败; （嫉妒、好奇心、愤怒等感情）使不能自制

英英释义

verb

• win a victory over
  1. You must overcome all difficulties
  2. defeat your enemies
  3. He overcame his shyness
  4. He overcame his infirmity
  5. Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
  Synonym:overcomedefeat

双语例句

• You always get the better of me at chess. He is young and he plays very well. He may be a chess champion in the bud.
  你下国际象棋总是赢我.他年轻，棋下得好，有可能会成长为一名象棋冠军。
• You can't get the better of him in an argument. he's a lawyer.
  在辩论中你是赢不了他的。他是个律师。
• When moods and emotions get the better of you when they begin to interfere with your career or personal relationships it's time to make a change.
  当情绪和情感得到更好的你，当他们开始干扰你的职业或个人关系的时间来做出改变。
• Don't you never ever let your prejudice get the better of you.
  不要让自己受到偏见的影响。
• We must never lose another move to the enemy; On the contrary, we must make full use of this move, political mobilization, to get the better of him.
  决不可以再输敌人一着，相反，要大大地发挥这一着去制胜敌人。
• Self-deception is likely to get the better of you this week.
  自欺欺人只会弄得自己遍体鳞伤。
• Your temper may get the better of you if a colleague has tried to ruin your reputation.
  可能会有同事想抵毁你的声誉，不用怕，这正是你磨炼意志的好机会。
• If you work hard, you will get the better of your classmates.
  如果你努力学习，你将会超过你的同学。
• I knew I could not let the ghost get the better of me.
  我知道自己不能让鬼魂占上风。
• But peer pressure and the age-old fear of public speaking tend to get the better of us.
  但是同伴压力以及由来已久的对公众演讲的恐惧常常会支配我们的行为。