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

• These verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
  这些动词都表示战胜对手的意思。
• When moods and emotions get the better of you when they begin to interfere with your career or personal relationships it's time to make a change.
  当情绪和情感得到更好的你，当他们开始干扰你的职业或个人关系的时间来做出改变。
• She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
  她没有感情用事。
• 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。
• He's really a law-down dirty shame. He would even say that he likes other guys to get the better of his own wife.
  他真是个不知羞耻的家伙，竟然说他喜欢人家占他老婆的便宜。
• I don't trust that man. He tries to get the better of his customers.
  我不相信那个人，他想欺骗他的顾客。
• 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。
• You can't get the better of him in an argument. he's a lawyer.
  在辩论中你是赢不了他的。他是个律师。
• Don't let relatives get the better of you.
  不要让亲戚占你的便宜。