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

• Because Warlocks were the first who managed to get the better of Black Dragons using magic.
  因为妖术士使第一个学会用魔法打败黑龙的职业。
• We can let our fears get the better of us.
  我们会被我们的忧虑打败我们。
• Mark does have a habit of allowing his temperament to get the better of him
  马克的确经常由着自己的性子来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
  她没有感情用事。
• 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 don't trust that man. He tries to get the better of his customers.
  我不相信那个人，他想欺骗他的顾客。