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superior

美音:[su´pıərıə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.长者,高手,上级 adj.较高的,上级的,上好的,出众的,高傲的

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副词:superiorly 名词:superiority

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-ior 这是拉丁文中用来表示比较级的字尾

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better  greater  higher  inferior    

superior


/su:'pɪərɪə(r); also, in ɑritish use, 英式英语读作 sju:-; su`pɪrɪɚ/
adj
1 (a) better than average 优于一般水平的; 优良的; 优秀的; 优等的
*a superior cloth, team, standard 上等布、强队、高水平
* a girl of superior intelligence 智力出众的女孩子
* This candidate is clearly superior. 这个候选人显然比别的候选人强.
(b) ~ (to sb/sth) better, stronger, etc than sb/sth else (比某人[某事物])好的、强的等
*Which of the two methods is superior? 这两种方法哪一种好?
* The match will show who is the superior player. 这场比赛就能看出谁行谁不行.
* This cloth is superior to that. 这种布比那种好.
* The enemy forces were superior in numbers. 敌军在数量上占优势.
* Which side has the superior weapons? 哪一方在武器上占优势?
2 ~ (to sb) higher in rank or position 级别或地位较高的
*a superior court 上级法院
* A soldier must obey his superior officers. 军人应服从上级军官.
* She works well with those superior to her in the firm. 她与公司中的那些上级主管合作愉快.
3 (derog 贬) showing that one thinks one is better than others 有优越感的
*a superior smile, look, air, etc 带优越感的微笑、样子、神态等
* Don't be so superior! 别自以为了不起!
4 [usu attrib 通常作定语] (fml 文) placed higher up; upper 位于较高处的; 上层的
*a superior stratum of rock 上部岩石层. Cf 参看 inferior.

n
1 person of higher rank, position, etc 级别、地位...高的人; 上级; 长官
*obey one's superiors 服从上级.
2 person or thing that is better 较好的人或事物; 优胜者
*She is my superior in knowledge, ie knows more than I do. 她比我有知识.
* He has no superior as a Shakespearian actor. 他演莎士比亚戏剧无出其右.
3 (in titles) head of a religious community (用作称谓)宗教团体的领导
*the Father Superior, eg an abbot 男修道院院长.
1. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
    即使他也仍存有幻觉,好像乡村生活就是比城市生活优越。

2. Because females do not have this tendency (this brain division is known to be influenced by male sex chemicals), girls who perform well in mathematics are doing so because they are superior in their overall mental development.
    因为女性不具备这种趋势(人脑的这种分工已知是男性激素影响的结果),数学好的女孩是因为她们的整体智力发育很好。

3. While we differ in many ways, such differences are neither superior nor inferior to each other.
    尽管我们在许多方面存在差异,但这些差异并无优劣之分。

4. The cavalry is much superior in mobility to the infantry.
    骑兵的机动性远优于步兵。

5. This candidate is clearly superior.
    这个候选人显然比别的候选人强.

6. There is no superior ´they´ in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.
    但在露营地里根本不会有管人的"人上人"和酒店里的等级制度来种露营者的假日过得阴郁低沉。

7. The company said that 3.6 million people had visited the park from April 12 to July 22, a performance superior to that of comparable start-up periods at other Disney theme parks.
    公司说从4月12日至6月22日期间,有360万游客入园,这比其他迪斯尼主题公园开放初期的情况要强。

8. Professor Ronald Bracewell, a leading American radio astronomer, argued in Nature that such a superior civilization,
    美国一位重要的射电天文学家罗纳德.布雷斯韦尔教授在《自然》杂志上提出了这样的观点:

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