- 1v/aʊtˈduː/do better than a rival勝過
To do something better or more successfully than someone else you are competing with, often because you want to show that you are better.
「outdo」講的是「在同一件事上做得比別人好」。前面的 out- 是「超過」的意思，這個字首在英文裡很好用：outrun（跑得比…快）、outnumber（數量多過）、outsmart（比…機靈）。outdo 常帶一點「比來比去」的味道，特別是 outdo each other（互相較勁）。跟 beat（打敗，重點在勝負結果）不同，outdo 的重點在「表現得更好」，不一定有輸贏。
示範例句 · Example
The skaters kept trying to outdo each other in speed and grace.
中文翻譯那些溜冰選手一直試著在速度和優雅上勝過彼此。
常見搭配
outdo each other
互相較勁
to keep trying to be better than the other person
The two teams tried to outdo each other all season.
try to outdo somebody
想要勝過某人
to attempt to do better than someone
He is always trying to outdo his older brother.
outdo somebody in something
在某方面勝過某人
to do better than someone in a particular area
She outdid everyone in the spelling round.
easily outdo
輕鬆勝過
to do much better without difficulty
The little car easily outdid the others on fuel.
意思相反
traillag behind
- 2v/aʊtˈduː/not to be outdone不甘示弱
Used to say that someone did something because they did not want another person to do better or look better than them.
「not to be outdone」是一個固定說法，通常放在句子最前面，後面接逗號：Not to be outdone, ...。意思是「不想被比下去，所以也跟著做了」。它說明的是後面那個人的動機，語氣輕鬆，常帶一點看熱鬧的味道，很適合寫一個接一個跟進的場面。中文最接近的是「不甘示弱」「不落人後」。注意它是被動形 outdone，不是 not to outdo。
常見搭配
not to be outdone by somebody
不甘落在某人後面
not wanting a particular person to do better than you
Not to be outdone by the girls, the boys' team won its title too.
not to be outdone, ...
不甘示弱，於是…
used at the start of a sentence to explain why someone joined in
Not to be outdone, the second class made an even bigger poster.
be outdone
被比下去
to have someone else do better than you
He did not want to be outdone by his own students.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outdoverb/aʊtˈdu/
- 1
To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
- You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
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