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小词详解 | trump
trump 英 [trʌmp] 美 [trʌmp]
In addition to its progressivity, London’s system also trumps New York’s on consistency.
除了递进式征税外,伦敦的房产税体系在一致性上也优于纽约。
——《经济学人》Other than Mrs. Bush, there wasn’t one person that trumped anyone else in the process.
除了布什夫人之外,没有任何人在这个过程中凌驾于其他人之上。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 通过说或做得更好而超越(某物)
这次,方块是王牌。我幸运地抽到了一张王牌。
This time, diamonds are trumps. Luckily, I drew a trump.
他近视但却精明的叔叔大显神通,在最后一刻为我们找到了住处。
His myopic but shrewd uncle came up trumps, finding us a place to stay at the last minute.
他们出价5000万美元收购那家即将倒闭的公司,但最终输给了以几乎两倍价格竞标的主要对手。
Their $50 million bid for the moribund company was trumped at the last moment by an offer for almost twice as much from their main competitor.
所有的指控都是捏造的,用来阻挠她实现雄心壮志。
The charges were all trumped up to thwart her ambition.
No one in the Paris of pleasure or of society was ignorant of the fact that he was playing his last trump card today.
在巴黎的风流男女中和上流社会中,没有人不知道他是在孤注一掷。
emulate: match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation outstrip: move faster than and overtake (someone else) outshine: be much better than (someone) in a particular area