outsmart

英 [ˌaʊtˈsmɑːt]

美 [ˌaʊtˈsmɑːrt]

v.  比…精明; 智胜

过去分词：outsmarted　现在分词：outsmarting　过去式：outsmarted　第三人称单数：outsmarts　

BNC.41794 / COCA.21286

牛津词典

verb

• 比…精明；智胜
  to gain an advantage over sb by acting in a clever way
  1. She always managed to outsmart her political rivals.
     她总有办法表现得比她的政敌智高一筹。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 智胜；比…更机灵；比…更精明
  If yououtsmartsomeone, you defeat them or gain an advantage over them in a clever and sometimes dishonest way.
  1. Troy was very clever for his age and had already figured out ways to outsmart her.
     以他的年龄来说特洛伊非常聪明，早就想到了骗过她的妙计。

英英释义

verb

• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:outwitoverreachoutfoxbeatcircumvent
• defeat by more skillful maneuvering
  1. The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
  2. My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
  Synonym:outmaneuveroutmanoeuvre

双语例句

• He fancied he could outsmart the whole world.
  他以为他能骗得过全世界。
• Some global corporations can even outsmart their Chinese counterparts in under-the-table deals, bribing officials and cutting employee benefits.
  一些全球性公司甚至通过不法交易、贿赂官员和削减员工利益来取得与中国同行竞争的胜利。
• I believed in the promise of the equity markets but not in the hope of anyone to outsmart them.
  我相信证券市场是有前途的，但我不指望任何人会比市场更聪明。
• You can outsmart yourself only if you look ahead and prepare.
  只有向前看并做好准备，你才能战胜自己。
• Trying to outsmart these is foolhardy.
  试图超越这些方法是愚蠢的。
• Hedge funds and bank trading desks are pouring unprecedented sums into such computers to find faster and more inventive ways to outsmart their rivals.
  对冲基金和银行的交易部门正在倾注空前规模的巨额资金，为自己装备这样的电脑，以便用更加迅速、更加创新的方式战胜自己的竞争对手。
• The findings offer new insight into the fly nervous system, and lends a few clues on how to outsmart a fly.
  这一发现让人类对苍蝇的神经系统有了更新的认识，而且帮助人们找到了打苍蝇的方法。
• It holds simply that it is very hard for any investor ( or regulator, or journalist) consistently to outsmart the market.
  它简单地指出，任何投资者（或监管机构和记者）要想一直在智力上战胜市场，都非常困难。
• In the real world, that is not possible: either the investment bankers will outsmart the regulators, or the regulators will respond with damaging overkill.
  在现实世界，这是不可能的：要么是投资银行家瞒过监管者，要么是监管者采取杀伤力过大的破坏性做法加以应对。
• However, many viruses can outsmart that system by blocking one of the steps further down the cascade.
  但是，许多病毒可通过阻止级联反应的其中一步而取胜。