get the better of
英 [ɡet ðə ˈbetə(r) ɒv]
美 [ɡet ðə ˈbetər əv]
（在比赛、打斗或争论中）战胜，打败; （嫉妒、好奇心、愤怒等感情）使不能自制
英英释义
verb
- win a victory over
- You must overcome all difficulties
- defeat your enemies
- He overcame his shyness
- He overcame his infirmity
- Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
双语例句
- He beat me in the first game but I managed to get the better of him in the second, so now we are quits.
他在第一局的比赛中胜了我，但第二局我设法胜了他，现在我们是一比一打平。 - Since then, I have encountered situations that make me want to stand still but I've learned that I only hurt myself when I let those feelings get the better of me.
从那以后我遇到过各种让我想停下的情况，可我已懂得让这种感觉战胜自己只会伤害到自己。 - Don't let relatives get the better of you.
不要让亲戚占你的便宜。 - Your temper may get the better of you if a colleague has tried to ruin your reputation.
可能会有同事想抵毁你的声誉，不用怕，这正是你磨炼意志的好机会。 - She didn't allow her emotions to get the better of her.
她没有感情用事。 - I have been pained by her manner this morning, and can't get the better of it.
她今天早晨的态度使我感到痛苦，我不能平静下去。 - With competitive Mars in your sign, does anyone seriously think they can get the better of you?
由于火星当前在狮子座，还真的有人认为他们可以战胜你？ - I kept an eye on Armand, for I was afraid that his sensations, which he was visibly repressing, might get the better of him at any moment;
我一直在观察阿尔芒，时刻担心他那明显克制着的感情会把他压垮； - It's gonna get the better of you.
戒烟对你身体才是好的。 - These verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
这些动词都表示战胜对手的意思。