2013年11月22日 星期五

Word of Today 11/22

Surpass (verb)


- to be even better or greater than someone or something else 超過; 勝過


Gower became England ' s highest run scorer , surpassing Geoff Boycott ' s old record .  
高爾超過了傑夫•博伊科特的舊記錄﹐成為英國得分最高的板球選手。

The director has really surpassed himself (= done better than he has done before) with this new film.

The main core of conceptual art is that the concepts or ideas involved surpass the traditional aesthetic.


idiom 慣用語
. surpass expectations/hopes/dreams (=be better than you had expected, hoped etc) 比期望/希望/夢想的更好

The book's success has surpassed everyone's expectations.

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