Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3546
triumph
获胜；成功；胜过
To win or succeed; to prevail over difficulties or rivals; to prove superior.
- 1.
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
以盛大的方式庆祝胜利；为成功而欢欣；因获得优势而欢腾。
- 2.
To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
战胜对手、挑战或困难。
- 3.
To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
成功、获胜或取得优势。
- 4.
prove superior
证明优越
- 5.
To be prosperous; to flourish.
繁荣；兴旺。
- 6.
To play a trump in a card game.
在纸牌游戏中出王牌。
欢欣鼓舞；得意扬扬；繁荣；兴旺；出王牌；以盛大的方式庆祝胜利；为成功而欢欣；因获得优势而欢腾。；战胜对手、挑战或困难。
In use
After months of hard work, our team triumphed in the national competition.
She managed to triumph over her fear of public speaking.
In the end, patience triumphs over impatience.
Verb forms
base triumph · third person triumphs · -ing triumphing · past triumphed · past participle triumphed
规则动词，注意过去式拼写为triumphed。
Connections
Collocations
- triumph over
- 战胜；击败
- She triumphed over her main rival.她战胜了主要对手。
- triumph against all odds
- 在逆境中获胜；克服重重困难取得成功
- The young athlete triumphed against all odds.这位年轻运动员克服了重重困难获胜。
- triumph in
- 在……中获胜；在（某领域）取得成功
- He triumphed in the national math competition.他在全国数学竞赛中获胜。
Idioms & figurative uses
- triumph over
- 战胜；克服She triumphed over her illness and returned to work.她战胜了疾病，重新回去工作。
Pop culture & quotes
- All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
- 只要好人袖手旁观，邪恶就会得逞。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：发音似 “try umph”，再试（try）一次、鼓足力气（umph），终获胜利。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道（体育、政治）、演讲或正式写作、文学叙述 triumph 作动词表示“获胜、战胜”时，通常用于书面语或较正式的场合，如新闻、演讲；日常口语中更常见 win 或 beat。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes with triumph. The -ump words (bump, hump, jump, pump, trump) rhyme with one another (/ʌmp/), but triumph is stressed on the first syllable and its final -umph is pronounced /əmf/ (or /ʌmf/), not /ʌmp/. Nymph is a useful lookalike because it also ends in -mph, but it is pronounced /nɪmf/ and does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，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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