| 釋義 |
better3 /'beta(r); 'bet/ n one's (elders and) ~s, older, wiser, more experienced people: 自己的長輩; 比自己年長者; 比自己更明智或更有經(jīng)驗的人們; 勝于己者: Don't ignore the advice of your elders and ~s. 不要忽視長者的忠吿。 Cf 參較 superior, as in: He's my superior at chess. 他的棋藝比我強。 get the ~ of sb or sth, overcome; defeat; win (an argument, etc): 克服(某事); 勝過; 打敗(某人); 贏得(辯論等): His shyness got the ~ of him, he was overcome by shyness, was too shy to speak out. 他非常害羞; 他害羞得不敢說話。 She always gets the ~ of these quarrels. 在這一類的爭吵中她總是贏過別人。 for ~ (or) for worse, in both good and bad fortune. 不論是好是歹; 好也罷,歹也龍。 Cf 參較 for good or ill. |