surpass
/səˈpaːs/verb
with obj.
1- exceed; be greater than超过; 强过：
pre-war levels of production were surpassed in 1929.
战前的生产水平在1929年被超过。
1.1
- be better than胜过：
he continued to surpass me at all games.
他仍然在所有的竞赛中都胜过我。
1.2
surpass oneself
do or be better than ever before超常发挥：the organist was surpassing himself.
这位风琴弹奏者超常发挥。
1.3
- as adj. surpassing dated or poetic/literary incomparable or outstanding〈旧或诗/文〉无与伦比的; 卓越的：
a picture of surpassing beauty.
一幅美轮美奂的图画。
派生词
surpassable
adjectivesurpassingly
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from French surpasser, from sur- 'above' + passer 'to pass'.