单词 | one-upmanship |
释义 | one-upmanship (once / 101891 pages) n WORD FAMILY one-upmanship USAGE EXAMPLES‘Small-scale brewers are driven by friendly one-upmanship and the feedback loop of local tastes.’ Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) There’s a bravura comic scene in which the two swap increasingly unlikely reminiscences in a game of nostalgic one-upmanship. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) The bragging will be subtle, less alienating and won’t sound like one-upmanship. Wall Street Journal(Dec 05, 2016) n the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor Hyper pattern, practice a customary way of operation or behavior |
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