outwit

英 [ˌaʊtˈwɪt]

美 [ˌaʊtˈwɪt]

v.  (智力上)超过，胜过

过去分词：outwitted　现在分词：outwitting　过去式：outwitted　第三人称单数：outwits　复数：outwits　

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BNC.18706 / COCA.20442

牛津词典

verb

• （智力上）超过，胜过
  to defeat sb/sth or gain an advantage over them by doing sth clever
  1. Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents.
     他反正总能设法智胜对手。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 智胜；用计击败（或超过）
  If yououtwitsomeone, you use your intelligence or a clever trick to defeat them or to gain an advantage over them.
  1. To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the Socialist Party...
     要想赢得总统之位，他必须首先智胜其在社会党内的竞选对手。
  2. Seeing how cleverly he had been outwitted he made no complaint.
     看到自己在计谋上完全不是对手，他甘拜下风。

英英释义

verb

• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:overreachoutsmartoutfoxbeatcircumvent

双语例句

• Such is the universal law, which no man can ever outwit, and with regard to the railroad even we may say it is as broad as it is long.
  这便是普遍的规律，从没有人能胜过它；至于铁路，我们可以说它是很广而且很长的。
• Don't think you can outwit me, croft.
  别以为你能骗过我，克劳夫。
• The real question, Luca, is how shall I outwit you this time?
  卢卡，关键的问题是，这回我怎样才能在智慧上胜过你。
• Always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers.
  他总是能够瞒骗过他的追赶者。
• Garfield: I make apoint to get it good everyday. The real question, Luca, is how shall I outwit you this time?
  加菲猫：我每天都打定主意要得到它呀。卢卡，关键的问题是，这回我怎样才能在智慧上胜过你。
• It is delusional to think that a regulatory system can be based on formulas either the investment bankers will outwit the regulators or the regulators will overreact.
  认为监管体系可建立在准则基础上是痴心妄想要么投资银行家会耍花招绕过监管，要么监管者会反应过度。
• Economists frequently explain eccentric behaviour with a model of two rational agents in one body, battling to outwit each other.
  经济学家经常用一种模型来解释古怪的行为，即一个主体内有两个理性行动者，它们争着显示自己比对方高明。
• Thanks to the intelligence he obtained, Alexander was able to outwit Napoleon, anticipating his invasion.
  亚历山大在他的情报部门的帮助下，得以击败拿破仑，并侵略它国。
• As long as you take my advice, you will outwit your rival.
  只要你采纳我的意见，你就能战胜你的竞争对手。
• Seeing how cleverly he had been outwitted he made no complaint.
  看到自己在计谋上完全不是对手，他甘拜下风。