英语单词 | superior |
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英美音标 | 英 [suː'pɪəriə(r)] 美 [suː'pɪriər] |
中文释义 | n.上级;高手;上标 adj.高傲的;上层的;上好的;出众的 |
英语例句 | (1) He always does what his superiors tell him. (2) He has no superior as a Shakespearian actor. (3) He smiled a superior smile as he drove past in his expensive new car. (4) I'll report you to your superior officer! (5) His opinion is that the intellect of modern man isn't superior. |
中文例句 | (1) 他惟上级之命是从。 (2) 他演莎士比亚戏剧无出其右。 (3) 他开着那辆豪华的新车驶过时,傲慢的微微一笑。 (4) 我要把你的情况报告给你的上司! (5) 他的看法是:现代人的智力并不高超。 |
vocabulary简明 | The salesman boasted to his customer that the $1 million car was well worth the price because it was far superior, meaning of higher quality, to any car that had come before it. This car, the salesman bragged, could fly. |
vocabulary扩展 | Superior comes from the Latin word meaning above and it literally means something that is above others in quality or status. Sometimes being superior can be perceived as a negative, as in the woman who acts superior to all of her friends, having a high opinion of herself just because she has millions of dollars in the bank after winning the lottery. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]比…好的;比…强的;优于…的 If one thing or person is superior to another, the first is better than the second. [oft ADJ
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2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]优良的;优秀的;优等的 If you describe something as superior, you mean that it is good, and better than other things of the same kind.
3 [ADJ 形容词](在重要性上)更高级的,上级的 A superior person or thing is more important than another person or thing in the same organization or system. [oft ADJ
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]上级;上司;级别更高的人 Your superior in an organization that you work for is a person who has a higher rank than you. [poss N]
5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有优越感的;高傲的;傲慢的 If you describe someone as superior, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are better, more important, or more intelligent than other people. [disapproval]
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6 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人数)占优的,居多的 If one group of people has superior numbers to another group, the first has more people than the second, and therefore has an advantage over it. [FORMAL 正式]
7 [N-COUNT 可数名词](某一活动的)能人,高手 If you describe someone as your superior in a particular activity, you mean that they are better than you at that activity. [poss N] [WRITTEN 笔语]
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