| 单词 | surmount |
| 释义 | surmount (once / 653 pages) v If you surmount a challenge or difficult situation, you're not just getting over it. You're outdoing yourself, exceeding expectations, and overcoming the task at hand. This word comes to us from the Old French verb for mount, or climb. Maria sang "climb every mountain..." in The Sound of Music. But she could have just as well meant "surmount every obstacle" — because to surmount means to both reach the highest point of something, like a mountain, and to totally overcome a mountain-size problem. WORD FAMILYsurmount: surmountable, surmounted, surmounter, surmounting, surmounts+/insurmountable: insurmountably/surmountable: insurmountable, unsurmountable/surmounted: surmountedest USAGE EXAMPLESBut Fillon’s quick and quiet ascent presents an obstacle that will be even more difficult to surmount. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) But these new hurdles may be more difficult to surmount. Wall Street Journal(Nov 16, 2016) And Ms. Weiner and the director, Kip Fagan, cannot really surmount the naturally untheatrical nature of watching two people typing away at their computers. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) 1v get on top of; deal with successfully Syn|Hypo|Hyper get over, master, overcome, subdue bulldog throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 2v be or do something to a greater degree Syn|Hypo|Hyper exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach beat through cleverness and wit outgrowgrow faster than outcry, outshoutshout louder than outroarroar louder than outsailsail faster or better than outdrawdraw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight outsellsell more than others outsellbe sold more often than other, similar products outpacesurpass in speed better, breaksurpass in excellence outshineattract more attention and praise than others outrangehave a greater range than (another gun) outweighbe heavier than outbravebe braver than out-herodsurpass someone in cruelty or evil outfoxoutdo someone in trickery shamesurpass or beat by a wide margin outmarchmarch longer distances and for a longer time than outwearlast longer than others upstagesteal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 3v reach the highest point of Syn|Hyper scale arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach reach a destination, either real or abstract 4v be on top of The scarf surmounted the gown Hypo|Hyper pinnacle surmount with a pinnacle head be in the front of or on top of |
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