释义 |
superation rare.|s(j)uːpəˈreɪʃən| [ad. L. superātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. superāre (see prec.).] 1. Overcoming, surmounting, conquest.
1866Howells Venetian Life ii. 29 This superb and artistic superation of the intrinsic difficulties of dancing. 2. Astron. ‘The apparent passing of one planet by another, in consequence of the more rapid movement in longitude of the latter’ (Cent. Dict.). |