one-upmanship

one-upmanship

美 [w?n ??pm?n??p] 　英 [w?n '?pm?n??p]

• n.取巧占上風的伎倆
• 網絡高人一等的作風；勝人一籌的本領；更勝一籌

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. 高人一等的作風

英英解釋

n.	1. a way of behaving in which someone tries to get an advantage by appearing to be more skillful, important, etc. than other people

例句

A feeling of one-upmanship has been brewing within you for a while, and it may crystallize unless you become aware of the tendency.

想要勝人一籌的想法已經在你心里醞釀已久了，并且它可以明確具體化，那么你必須發現者其中的趨勢。

As a piece of Islamic one-upmanship , she returned wearing not one but three scarves of different colors.

不一會兒，她系了不是一條而居然是三條顏色不同的圍巾，儼然是一個滿身透著高貴氣質的伊斯蘭女人。

The exchequer should tax earned income heavily enough to deter one-upmanship, they say.

他們說：財政部應該對收入所得征收足以制止取巧占上風的伎倆的重稅。

I made all sorts of interpersonal relationships victory in one-upmanship, with a unique advantage in business.

使得本人在處理各種各樣的人際關系時勝人一籌，在開展業務具有得天獨厚的優勢。

It is not a game of one upmanship, but a matter of learning from someone doing rather well.

它不是爭第一的游戲，而是學習別人進而做得更好。

Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results.

以創造最佳舞臺幻想癡迷者，他們參與競爭的一個造成不幸的后果伎倆。

China's one-upmanship with the United States continued earlier this month.

針對美國，中國還在不斷采取高人一籌的做法。

But there are also friends who can be bad for us in emotion, and sometimes subtler ways with sly insults, and competitive one-upmanship .

但是也有一些朋友會在感情上傷害我們，有時用隱蔽狡詐的侮辱方式，有時則是搶先一步的競爭。

Hydraulic machinery moving, not only to offer one-upmanship Rexroth components and services, set up a professional application center.

在行走機械液壓方面，力士樂不但提供勝人一籌的元件與服務，更成立了專業的應用中心。

Therefore, the services also of one-upmanship, were ahead of a move.

因此，服務也要勝人一籌，棋高一招。

Tashi one-upmanship, eventually obtaining victory like riding.

扎西騎術更勝一籌，最終獲得勝利。

So why do these songs keep getting made? There's a certain amount of *one-upmanship at play.

那么，為何此類歌曲還是源源不斷地被創作出來呢？在賽場上它們確有過人之處。

Also, since Japanese people are all about one-upmanship, they only eat baby shrimps.

而日本人的飲食方法更是高人一等，它們只吃幼蝦。

The one-upmanship extends even to the testing towers, where the two are dueling over which has the world's tallest.

技術更勝一籌的公司已經開始進行對塔的測試，在這座塔上兩家公司將對于誰擁有世界最高水平作出決斗。

In maintaining the natural nutrition of food, the West all the way to cook really one-upmanship.

在保持食物天然營養方面，西方的一切烹調手法的確勝人一籌。

Especially in the dump area and the exclusion of one- upmanship .

特別是在轉儲和排除方面勝人一籌。

The stakes get higher with each round of one-upmanship.

獲得較高的風險與每勝人一籌輪。

I do think that is one- upmanship compared with the popularity of internet.

我就覺得那比因特網的流行更勝一籌。