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Superior Adj Graded Person Thing Describe Organization Passed Laws

单词 superior
音标
英[su:ˈpɪəriə(r)] 美[suˈpɪriə(r)]
解释
adj.(级别、地位)较高的;(在质量等方面)较好的;(数量)较多的;上等的;n.上级;较好的人[事物],优胜者;修道院院长;方丈;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:We have a relationship infinitely superior to those of many of our friends...我们的关系要比我们其他许多朋友的关系好得多。
例:...a woman greatly superior to her husband in education and sensitivity...学历和悟性都比她丈夫高出许多的女人

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops...几年前在当地商店里几乎买不到优质咖啡。
例:Lulu was said to be of very superior intelligence.大家都说露露智力出众。

ADJ
(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.
例:...negotiations between the mutineers and their superior officers...哗变士兵和他们的上司长官间的谈判
例:Locally passed laws are of superior authority to those laws passed in Moscow.当地法律高于莫斯科颁布的全国法律。

N-COUNT
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.
例:Other army units are completely surrounded and cut-off from communication with their superiors...其他陆军部队被重重包围,和上级的联系也被切断了。
例:The company president, and my immediate superior, was the dynamic Harry Stokes.公司的董事长,也就是我的直接上司,是精力充沛的哈里·斯托克斯。

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:Finch gave a superior smile...芬奇高傲地笑了笑。
例:You can stand there and feel superior as you point and laugh at them.你站在那儿指指点点、嘲笑他们时,会觉得自己高人一等。

ADJ-GRADED
(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.
例:The demonstrators fled when they saw the authorities' superior numbers...看到当局派出人员人数占优,示威者就四散逃跑了。
例:His men were far superior numerically.他手下的士兵在人数上占了绝对优势。

N-COUNT
(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.
例:Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in willpower...有时安东尼感觉他的情妇比他更有意志力。
例:Among his immediate rivals was Arnold Matters, probably his superior in comic roles.在他的直接竞争者中,阿诺德·马特斯也许在喜剧表演上比他更胜一筹。
变形
pl:superiors~

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