| 单词 | one-upmanship |
| 释义 | one-upmanship (wʌn ʌpmənʃɪp) uncountable noun If you refer to someone's behaviour as one-upmanship, you disapprove of them trying to make other people feel inferior in order to make themselves appear more important. [disapproval] It was the expression of a man who'd won a trifling game of one-upmanship. ...political one-upmanship. one-upmanship in British English (wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp) noun informal the art or practice of achieving or maintaining an advantage over others, often by slightly unscrupulous means one-upmanship in American English (wʌnˈʌpmənˌʃɪp) noun Informal the practice of, or skill in, seizing an advantage or gaining superiority over others Word origin one-up + gamesmanshipExamples of 'one-upmanship' in a sentence |
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