- 1智取、用計勝過
To outfox someone is to beat them by being cleverer — a trick, a smarter plan, thinking one step ahead. English treats the fox as the clever animal, so outfox means “be more fox than they are.” It is informal and a little playful. You can outfox a person, a bigger company, or even a system of rules. Close cousins in feeling are and outsmart. Though actually, nobody is talking about a real fox; the animal is only there as a picture of a sharp mind. It is a kind word for “you won with your head, not with force.”
組成out- (do better than) + fox (the animal, standing here for cleverness). To be more cunning than someone.
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。
outfoxverb/ˌaʊtˈfɒks/
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To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.
- You can win games in two ways. You either outtalent and outmuscle your opponent because you have all the big, fast studs, or you outfox, outplot, and outmaneuver your opponent because you have a system that your opponents can't prepare for in one week.
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