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

• We can let our fears get the better of us.
  我们会被我们的忧虑打败我们。
• Don't let relatives get the better of you.
  不要让亲戚占你的便宜。
• Self-deception is likely to get the better of you this week. The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
  巨蟹：自欺欺人只会弄得自己遍体鳞伤。所有的欺骗中最糟糕的是自欺。
• 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。
• 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。
• With competitive Mars in your sign, does anyone seriously think they can get the better of you?
  由于火星当前在狮子座，还真的有人认为他们可以战胜你？
• 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。
• These verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
  这些动词都表示战胜对手的意思。
• 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。
• It's gonna get the better of you.
  戒烟对你身体才是好的。