get the better of

英 [ɡet ðə ˈbetə(r) ɒv]

美 [ɡet ðə ˈbetər əv]

（在比赛、打斗或争论中）战胜，打败; （嫉妒、好奇心、愤怒等感情）使不能自制

英英释义

verb

• win a victory over
  1. You must overcome all difficulties
  2. defeat your enemies
  3. He overcame his shyness
  4. He overcame his infirmity
  5. Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
  Synonym:overcomedefeat

双语例句

• It's gonna get the better of you.
  戒烟对你身体才是好的。
• We must never lose another move to the enemy; On the contrary, we must make full use of this move, political mobilization, to get the better of him.
  决不可以再输敌人一着，相反，要大大地发挥这一着去制胜敌人。
• But peer pressure and the age-old fear of public speaking tend to get the better of us.
  但是同伴压力以及由来已久的对公众演讲的恐惧常常会支配我们的行为。
• I knew I could not let the ghost get the better of me.
  我知道自己不能让鬼魂占上风。
• Since then, I have encountered situations that make me want to stand still but I've learned that I only hurt myself when I let those feelings get the better of me.
  从那以后我遇到过各种让我想停下的情况，可我已懂得让这种感觉战胜自己只会伤害到自己。
• Don't you never ever let your prejudice get the better of you.
  不要让自己受到偏见的影响。
• Don't let relatives get the better of you.
  不要让亲戚占你的便宜。
• Your temper may get the better of you if a colleague has tried to ruin your reputation.
  可能会有同事想抵毁你的声誉，不用怕，这正是你磨炼意志的好机会。
• I have been pained by her manner this morning, and can't get the better of it.
  她今天早晨的态度使我感到痛苦，我不能平静下去。
• Mark does have a habit of allowing his temperament to get the better of him
  马克的确经常由着自己的性子来。