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- (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led（桥牌、惠斯特等牌类游戏中的）王牌, 将牌。
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trumps
the suit having this rank in a particular hand一套王牌：the ace of trumps.
一套王牌中的A。
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- (in a tarot pack) any of a special suit of 22 cards depicting symbolic and typical figures and scenes（塔罗纸牌中的）有典型象征意义的人物和场景的一张。
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- （亦作trump card）figurative a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, in order to gain an advantage〈喻〉（尤指出奇制胜的）有效手段, 王牌：
in this month General Haig decided to play his trump card: the tank.
这个月黑格将军决定打出他的王牌：坦克。
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- informal, dated a helpful or admirable person〈非正式, 旧〉有用的人; 受尊重的人。
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- Austral./NZ informal a person in authority〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉权威人士。
with obj.
1- (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit), having no cards of the suit led（牌类游戏中）出王牌。
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- figurative beat (someone or something) by saying or doing something better〈喻〉胜过; 驳倒：
if the fetus is human life, that trumps any argument about the freedom of the mother.
如果胚胎就是生命, 那么关于母亲自由权的论点就站不住脚了。
短语
come（或turn）up trumps
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- informal, chiefly Brit. (of a person or situation) have a better performance or outcome than expected〈非正式, 主英〉（人的表现、情况等）比预计好：
Conrad came up trumps again, finishing fourth in the 800 metres.
康拉德又一次超常发挥, 在800米赛跑中取得第四名。
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- be especially generous or helpful特别地慷慨, 有帮助：
Mother had been absent throughout, but Aunt Edie had come up trumps.
虽然母亲自始至终都不在, 可伊迪姨妈真是帮了大忙。
词源
early 16th cent.: alteration of TRIUMPH, once used in card games in the same sense.
短语动词
trump something up
- invent a false accusation or excuse捏造, 编造：
they've trumped up charges against her.
他们捏造事实指控她。