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

• These verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
  这些动词都表示战胜对手的意思。
• No one can get the better of the in an argument.
  辩论起来没人能辩过她。
• 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。
• 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。
• I kept an eye on Armand, for I was afraid that his sensations, which he was visibly repressing, might get the better of him at any moment;
  我一直在观察阿尔芒，时刻担心他那明显克制着的感情会把他压垮；
• Don't let relatives get the better of you.
  不要让亲戚占你的便宜。
• He made a mistake by allowing his anger to get the better of him.
  他的错误是没有能够克制住自己的愤怒。
• Hexing's unique "standardized production model" is duplicable, which enables the company to enter a new market agilely and get the better of its competitors.
  合兴独有的“标准化”生产模式具有可复制性，使得公司能快速切入新市场，提升竞争优势。
• We can let our fears get the better of us.
  我们会被我们的忧虑打败我们。