Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #22680
outdo
超过；胜过；优于
to do better than; surpass
- 1.
To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
胜过；超越
胜过；超越；超越；胜过；战胜
In use
She outdid everyone in the race.
He always outdoes his colleagues in sales.
I'm tired of trying to outdo my sister.
outdo sb
She outdid all her classmates in the exam.
她在考试中超越了所有同学。
outdo oneself
He really outdid himself with that delicious dinner.
他那顿美味的晚餐真是超越了自己。
outdo sb in sth
The company outdid its competitors in sales this quarter.
该公司本季度在销售上胜过了竞争对手。
Verb forms
base outdo · third person outdoes · -ing outdoing · past outdid · past participle outdone
不规则动词，过去式 outdid，过去分词 outdone。
Common mistakes
She outdid than him in the competition.She outdid him in the competition.
outdo 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 than。中文的“超越...比”不能直接套用。
He outdid from his rival on the test.He outdid his rival on the test.
outdo 后接宾语时不加介词 from。汉语中“从...超越”的介词结构不适用。
Connections
Collocations
- outdo oneself
- 超越自己；表现出乎意料地好
- She really outdid herself with this presentation.她这次演示确实超越了自我。
- not to be outdone
- 不甘落后；不甘示弱
- Not to be outdone, her brother cooked an even bigger meal.她哥哥不甘落后，做了一顿更丰盛的饭。
- outdo the competition
- 胜过竞争对手
- The new model outdoes the competition in both speed and design.新款机型在速度和设计上都胜过竞争对手。
- outdo each other
- 互相超越；较劲
- The two friends tried to outdo each other with silly jokes.两个朋友用傻笑话互相较劲。
- outdo expectations
- 超出预期
- Her performance outdid all our expectations.她的表现超出了我们所有的预期。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
out（超出）+ do（做）：做得比别人更多、更好，自然就“胜过”了。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：competition、workplace、daily conversation outdo 为中性词，通常用于口语和书面语，表示在表现或成就上超过他人。比较常见于竞争、工作或学习等场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 outdo 的元音 /uː/ 押韵：do、true、through；美式英语中 due 也读 /duː/。注意 go（/ɡoʊ/）和 doe（/doʊ/）拼写相近，但发音的元音与 outdo 不同。outdo 读作 /ˌaʊtˈduː/，重音在第二音节。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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