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get the better of sb
He always gets the better of me in arguments.
他在争论中总是占我的上风。
战胜；占上风
getting the better of — present participle of get the better of
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战胜；占上风
to defeat or gain an advantage over someone
He always gets the better of me in arguments.
他在争论中总是占我的上风。
压倒或战胜
To overwhelm or overcome.
欺骗或诈骗
To trick or con.
获得优势或胜过
To gain an advantage over or regarding.
get the better of
Base
原形
gets the better of
3rd person
第三人称单数
getting the better of
-ing
现在分词
got the better of
Past
过去式
gotten the better of
Past participle
过去分词
He always gets the better of me in arguments.
他在争论中总是胜过我。
She got the better of her fear and spoke up.
她克服了恐惧，大胆发言。
They have gotten the better of us twice this season.
他们本赛季已经两次战胜我们了。
动词 get 不规则变化，短语不变。
His curiosity got the better of him, and he opened the letter.
他的好奇心占了上风，他打开了那封信。
Don't let tiredness get the better of you during the exam.
考试时别让疲倦占上风。
She almost won, but her nerves got the better of her in the final game.
她差点赢了，但在决赛中紧张情绪占了上风。
He always gets the better of me in arguments.
他在争论中总是占我的上风。
Don't let your emotions get the better of you.
别让你的情绪战胜你。
Not this
His anger got the better over him.
Use this
His anger got the better of him.
短语 'get the better of' 是固定搭配，介词必须用 'of'，不能用 'over'。中文学习者可能受 '战胜' 或 '占上风' 的影响，误用 'over'。
Not this
She tried to stay calm, but her emotions got the better.
Use this
She tried to stay calm, but her emotions got the better of her.
'get the better of' 是及物短语动词，必须接宾语（通常是某人或某物）。中文学习者可能因上下文清晰而省略宾语，但在英语中是不完整的。
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