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

• 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。
• We can let our fears get the better of us.
  我们会被我们的忧虑打败我们。
• She looks as if her soul have get the better of her. Nature has her animating spirit as well as man who is nature's child.
  她看来象是被她自己的灵魂打垮了似的。大自然就象它的孩子――人类一样，有活生生的灵魂。
• 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。
• 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。
• No one can get the better of the in an argument.
  辩论起来没人能辩过她。
• With competitive Mars in your sign, does anyone seriously think they can get the better of you?
  由于火星当前在狮子座，还真的有人认为他们可以战胜你？
• I have been pained by her manner this morning, and can't get the better of it.
  她今天早晨的态度使我感到痛苦，我不能平静下去。
• 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。