superior

英 [suː'pɪəriə(r)] 美 [suː'pɪriər]

• n. 上级；高手；上标
• adj. 高傲的；上层的；上好的；出众的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. (级别、地位)较高的; (品质、程度)优良的,较好的

   of higher rank or class; better in quality or value

2. 上等的,优秀的

   of high quality

3. 有优越感的,高傲的

   (as if) thinking oneself better than others

n. (名词)

1. [C] 上级,长官,上司

   a person of higher rank, especially in a job

2. [C] 较好的人〔事物〕,优胜者

   person or thing that is better

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 上级，上司，级别更高的人
2. 优胜者
3. 修道院院长
4. 长辈，长者
5. 长官
6. 占优势者，优越者，占优胜者
7. 【印】上角字码
8. 前辈
9. 首长
10. 苏比利尔港
11. 用作宗教团体领导的头衔
12. 较好的人

adj. 形容词

1. 上级的
2. 较高的
3. 上等的，优秀的，高级的
4. 有优越感的
5. 傲慢的，高傲的
6. 较好的，优良的
7. 较多的
8. 较大的
9. 在上的，上部的， 上方的
10. 比...高的，位于高处的
11. 优势的
12. 比...多的
13. 比...好的

英英释义

Noun:

1. one of greater rank or station or quality

2. the head of a religious community

3. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

4. the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

5. a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

6. a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

Adjective:

1. of high or superior quality or performance;

   "superior wisdom derived from experience"
   "superior math students"
   

2. of or characteristic of high rank or importance;

   "a superior ruler"
   

3. (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by;

   "overcome by a superior opponent"
   "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
   

4. written or printed above and to one side of another character

5. having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit;

   "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
   

6. having a higher rank;

   "superior officer"
   

7. (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by;

   "he is superior to fear"
   "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He always does what his superiors tell him.
   他惟上级之命是从。
2. He has no superior as a Shakespearian actor.
   他演莎士比亚戏剧无出其右。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He smiled a superior smile as he drove past in his expensive new car.
   他开着那辆豪华的新车驶过时，傲慢的微微一笑。
2. I'll report you to your superior officer!
   我要把你的情况报告给你的上司！
3. His opinion is that the intellect of modern man isn't superior.
   他的看法是:现代人的智力并不高超。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. You're a very superior young woman.
   你是一个非常优秀的年轻女性。
2. He may be capable of jealousy when you have made superior progress in your work.
   当你在工作中取得较大进步时,他也会嫉妒你。
3. The test showed he was the superior player.
   这次测试显示出他是个非常优秀的选手。
4. She affected a superior air.
   她摆出一副高不可攀的样子。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Why does he look so superior?
   他为什么看上去那么傲慢?
2. Many students cheated in examination, but she was superior all that.
   许多同学在考试中作弊,但她是不至于会干出那种事情的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. The book is superior to that.
   这本书比那本书好。
2. The army was superior in number to its enemies.
   部队在数量上超过了敌人。
3. That Northerners should feel superior on the racial issue was understandable.
   美国北部人在对待种族问题上感到骄傲是可以理解的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. One was his direct superior.
   有一个人是他的顶头上司。
2. He always does what his superiors tell him.
   他总是依照上司的指示去做。
3. As a violin player, he has no superior.
   身为小提琴手,没有人能胜过他。

经典引文

• From our superior vantage point, we can clearly see a..dugout.

  出自： E. Bishop

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• superior limit 上限

副词+～

• clearly〔decidedly〕 superior 明显地〔肯定〕优于…
• far superior 远远胜过…

～+介词

• superior in 在…方面占优势的
• superior to 优于,胜过,比…好,不受…影响

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• be sb's superior in 在…方面比某人强

形容词+～

• immediate superior 顶头上司

词语用法

1. 当superior用来形容人的时候，有讽刺意味，有“自以为了不起”的意思；
2. 当superior形容物的时候，用于表示其“好质量”时，也是显得做作，使描述显得不可信；
3. “比……强”要用superior to，而不能用superior than；
4. superior和superiority后面都接to ，表示“……高于或好于……”，以A is superior to B和A's superiority to B的结构来表达。

adj. (形容词)

1. superior用作形容词时,本身含有“较”的意思,故不再有比较级或最高级形式,用“superior...to...”表示“两事物的比较”。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的superior；最初源自拉丁语的superiorem，意为更高的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• better
• excellent
• good
• greater
• higher
• boss
• chief
• senior
• supervisor

【反义词】

• inferior
• inferior
• lower
• underline