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

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