outsmart

英 [ˌaʊtˈsmɑːt]

美 [ˌaʊtˈsmɑːrt]

v.  比…精明; 智胜

过去分词：outsmarted　现在分词：outsmarting　过去式：outsmarted　第三人称单数：outsmarts　

BNC.41794 / COCA.21286

牛津词典

verb

• 比…精明；智胜
  to gain an advantage over sb by acting in a clever way
  1. She always managed to outsmart her political rivals.
     她总有办法表现得比她的政敌智高一筹。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 智胜；比…更机灵；比…更精明
  If yououtsmartsomeone, you defeat them or gain an advantage over them in a clever and sometimes dishonest way.
  1. Troy was very clever for his age and had already figured out ways to outsmart her.
     以他的年龄来说特洛伊非常聪明，早就想到了骗过她的妙计。

英英释义

verb

• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:outwitoverreachoutfoxbeatcircumvent
• defeat by more skillful maneuvering
  1. The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
  2. My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
  Synonym:outmaneuveroutmanoeuvre

双语例句

• Some global corporations can even outsmart their Chinese counterparts in under-the-table deals, bribing officials and cutting employee benefits.
  一些全球性公司甚至通过不法交易、贿赂官员和削减员工利益来取得与中国同行竞争的胜利。
• In the real world, that is not possible: either the investment bankers will outsmart the regulators, or the regulators will respond with damaging overkill.
  在现实世界，这是不可能的：要么是投资银行家瞒过监管者，要么是监管者采取杀伤力过大的破坏性做法加以应对。
• I had to learn how to elude him, outsmart him.
  我得学会如何躲避他，智胜他。
• To outsmart other teams, students are driven to exchange ideas, take responsibility, and balance the differences in personality, schedule and work style of team members.
  为了能在小组之间的竞争中获胜，学生们不得不学会与组员交换意见，承担相应的责任，以及协调组员不同的性格，时间表和工作风格。
• German industrialists will try to outsmart them by maintaining their technological edge and expanding in China and other emerging markets.
  而德国实业家将试图通过保持技术优势以及在中国和其它新兴市场扩张，智胜中国企业。
• He fancied he could outsmart the whole world.
  他以为他能骗得过全世界。
• Hedge funds and bank trading desks are pouring unprecedented sums into such computers to find faster and more inventive ways to outsmart their rivals.
  对冲基金和银行的交易部门正在倾注空前规模的巨额资金，为自己装备这样的电脑，以便用更加迅速、更加创新的方式战胜自己的竞争对手。
• How did the rich outsmart the intellectuals? Once the "take from the rich" tax was passed, cash started flowing into government coffers.
  有钱人是怎样胜过某些有专业知识的人的呢？一旦“劫富”的税法被通过，钱便开始流入政府。
• I believed in the promise of the equity markets but not in the hope of anyone to outsmart them.
  我相信证券市场是有前途的，但我不指望任何人会比市场更聪明。
• Trying to outsmart these is foolhardy.
  试图超越这些方法是愚蠢的。