单词 | one-upmanship |
释义 | one-upmanship /wun"up"meuhn ship'/, n. the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool. Also, one-upsmanship /wun"ups"meuhn ship'/. Also called upmanship, upsmanship. [1950-55; ONE UP + -MANSHIP] |
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