| 释义 |
get the better of1Gain an advantage over or defeat (someone) by superior strength or ability: no one has ever got the better of her yet...- But in one world people gain utility by getting the better of someone else, and in the other world, they gain utility by helping other people out.
- When it comes to mind games, he can give up any idea of ever getting the better of his opponent.
- Have you ever tried to get the better of a comedian?
1.1(Of a feeling or urge) be too strong to conceal or resist: curiosity got the better of her...- I urged her on, my curiosity getting the better of me.
- The urge to quantify things gets the better of us, and we attach numbers to things that either aren't measured well or can't be measured at all.
- Why he left it there in the first place I don't know, but seeing it there made my curiosity get the better of me again.
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