World-beating describes something so good that it could beat anything else in the world — the best there is anywhere. It goes in front of a noun: world-beating technology, a world-beating performance, world-beating export figures.

World-beating World-beating describes形容 something某個東西 so good好到 that it could beat能打敗 anything else in the world世界上任何別的東西 — the best there is anywhere不管在哪裡都是最好的那一個。 It它 goes in front of a noun放在名詞前面： world-beating technology world-beating technology（世界第一的技術）、 a world-beating performance a world-beating performance（世界第一的表現）、 world-beating export figures world-beating export figures（世界第一的出口數字）。

Where you meet it matters. This word lives in business writing, politics, and sport reporting, especially British ones. A government minister says the country will build a "world-beating" test system; a company says it has "world-beating" software.

Where you meet it你在哪裡遇到它 matters很重要。 This word這個字 lives in住在 business writing商業文章、 politics政治 and sport reporting和運動報導裡， especially British ones尤其是英國的。 A government minister一位政府部長 says說 the country國家 will build會打造 a "world-beating" test system一套 "world-beating" 的檢測系統； a company一家公司 says說 it has自己有 "world-beating" software "world-beating" 的軟體。

Because of that, the word carries a faint smell of advertising — someone claiming to be the best, rather than someone quietly being the best. Careful writers know this, and British readers in particular now sometimes hear it as boastful or even a bit of a joke, because it has been promised so often and delivered so rarely.

Because of that因為這樣， the word這個字 carries帶著 a faint smell of advertising一股淡淡的廣告味 — someone claiming to be the best是有人「宣稱」自己最好， rather than someone quietly being the best而不是有人安安靜靜「就是」最好。 Careful writers小心的寫作者 know this知道這件事， and British readers而英國讀者 in particular尤其 now現在 sometimes hear it as有時會把它聽成 boastful自誇， or even a bit of a joke甚至有點像個笑話， because因為 it has been promised so often它被承諾了太多次， and delivered so rarely兌現的卻太少。

Compare it with *world-class*, which is calmer and more believable: world-class means "among the best in the world", one of a group. World-beating means "better than all of them", number one. So world-beating is the bigger claim, and bigger claims need better evidence.

Compare it with拿它跟 *world-class* *world-class* 比一比， which is calmer and more believable那個字比較冷靜、比較可信： world-class world-class means意思是 "among the best in the world"「世界最好的之一」， one of a group一群裡的一個。 World-beating World-beating means意思是 "better than all of them"「比他們全部都好」， number one第一名。 So所以 world-beating world-beating is是 the bigger claim比較大的宣稱， and bigger claims而比較大的宣稱 need需要 better evidence比較好的證據。