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| 1 | to be better or more impressive than something else 胜过；超过；优于 |
| I don’ t think I can top your fishing story. 我觉得我的故事不会比你的钓鱼故事更精彩。 |
| | 1a | to be in the most important or popular position in a series of things 居…之上；是…之冠 | | top a bill Topping our entertainment bill tonight is someone I know you’ ll love. 今晚娱乐节目表演的主角是个我知道你们大家都喜欢的人。 | | top a list/chart The book is now topping bestseller lists all over the world. 在世界各地畅销书排行榜上，该书现在都排在榜首。 | |
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| 2 | to be larger than a particular amount 多过；高于 |
| The costs for the project may top £50 million. 工程的费用可能超过5,000万英镑。 |
| | 2a | to say you will pay more money for something than someone else 开价高出 | | Another couple topped our offer by £1,000. 另一对夫妇比我们的出价高出1,000英镑。 | |
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| 3 | often passive to cover something with a layer of something else 给…覆盖上（一层…） |
| top sth with sth pizza topped with pepperoni 表面有一层意大利辣香肠的比萨饼 |
| be topped by sth hills topped by clumps of trees 为丛丛绿树覆盖的山丘 |
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| 4 | literary to reach the top of a hill or slope 到达…的顶部 |
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| - | to top it all (off) spoken
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| in addition to everything else that was said or done |
| 而且；加之 |
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| To top it all, she left me with huge debts. 更糟的是，她给我留下了巨额债务。 |
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| - | top and tail BRITISH
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| to prepare a vegetable for eating or cooking by cutting the ends off it |
| 去掉（蔬菜）的头尾部分 |
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| Could you top and tail the beans for me? 你能帮我摘掉豆子的头尾部分吗？ |
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| - | top yourself BRITISH very informal
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| to kill yourself deliberately |
| 自杀 |
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| - | ˌtop ˈoff |
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| 1 | to finish something with a final activity or detail （以特定方式）结束，完成 | top sth off with sth We topped off the evening with a carriage ride. 我们那个晚上最后是乘马车度过的。 | |
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| 2 | MAINLY AMERICAN top up 1 |
| - | ˌtop ˈout |
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| | if a rate or an amount tops out , it reaches its highest level （比率或数量）达到最高水平，达到顶点 | +at Mortgage rates topped out at 10% before falling last spring. 抵押贷款利率在去年春天下降之前曾高达10％。 | |
| - | ˌtop ˈup |
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| 1 | top up to completely fill a container that is already partly full 添满（半空的容器） | I’ ll just top up the teapot. 我来把茶壶添满吧。 | | | 1a | to add more liquid to someone’ s glass or cup to make it full 给…盛满；给…斟满 | | Can I top you up? 能帮你斟满吗？ | | Would you like me to top up your drink? 要我给你斟满饮料吗？ | | |
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| 2 | to add more to something in order to bring it up to the level you want or need 增加（以达到自己期望或需要的水平） | a way to top up your earnings 增加收入的方法 | |
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