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

• Self-deception is likely to get the better of you this week. The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
  巨蟹：自欺欺人只会弄得自己遍体鳞伤。所有的欺骗中最糟糕的是自欺。
• He's really a law-down dirty shame. He would even say that he likes other guys to get the better of his own wife.
  他真是个不知羞耻的家伙，竟然说他喜欢人家占他老婆的便宜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• No one can get the better of the in an argument.
  辩论起来没人能辩过她。
• It's gonna get the better of you.
  戒烟对你身体才是好的。
• 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。
• 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。