exceed

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/ɪkˈsiːd/us

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/ɪkˈsiːd/ C1 verb to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit: The final cost should not exceed $5,000. 最終的費用不應超出5000美元。

outdo

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/ˌaʊtˈduː/ verb to be, or do something, better than someone else: He always tries to outdo everybody else in the class. 他總是想超過班裡的每一個人。

transcend

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/trænˈsend/ verb formal to go further, rise above, or be more important or better than something, especially a limit: The best films are those which transcend national or cultural barriers. 最優秀的影片是那些超越了民族或文化障礙的影片。

overrun

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/ˌoʊ.vɚˈrʌn/ verb to continue past an intended limit, especially a finishing time or a cost: My evening class overran by ten minutes. 我的夜校課晚下課了10分鐘。

overshoot

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/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃuːt/us

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/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃuːt/ verb to go further than the end of or past something, without intending to: The plane overshot the runway and finished up in the water. 飛機衝出跑道，最後衝進水裡。

overstep

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/ˌoʊ.vɚˈstep/ verb to go further than what is considered acceptable or correct: The bad language in that show overstepped the limits/boundaries of what should be allowed on television. 那部電視劇裡不雅的語言超出了電視上可允許的限度。

para-

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/pær.ə-/ prefix further than: Parapsychology is the study of abilities that go beyond what is natural and normal. 超心理學研究的是超出自然和正常以外的能力。

transcendence

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/trænˈsen.dəns/us

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/trænˈsen.dəns/ noun formal experience that goes past normal limits, or the ability to achieve this: Many of his novels and stories are concerned with intellectual and spiritual transcendence. 他的許多小說和故事都是關於智力和精神的超越的。

可超越的

surmountable

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/səˈmaʊn.tə.bəl/us

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/sɚˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/ adjective possible to deal with or solve successfully: The challenges should all be surmountable. 這些挑戰都應該是可以超越的。

超越他人

outclimb

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/ˌaʊtˈklaɪm/us

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/ˌaʊtˈklaɪm/ verb to climb a mountain, tree, etc. better or faster than someone else: She won the gold medal in the speed climbing competition, outclimbing all the other competitors with ease. 她在速度攀登比賽中輕松超越其他參賽者，獲得了金牌。

超越限度

stretch a/the point

phrase to make a claim that is not completely true, or to do something that goes further than what is considered to be reasonable: They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is stretching a point. 他們宣稱是世界上最大的公司，這有點言過其實。

難以超越

take some beating

phrase If something takes some beating, it is so good that it is hard to improve on it. His new world record will take some beating. 他新創下的世界紀錄將很難打破。

不可超越的

unsurpassed

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/ˌʌn.sɚˈpæst/ adjective better than anyone or anything else: His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed. 他對這一學科的認識是無人能及的。

不能超越的

unbeatable

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/ʌnˈbiː.t̬ə.bəl/ adjective approving unable to be defeated or improved because of excellent quality: The 23-year-old US tennis star looks unbeatable this season. 這位23歲的美國網球明星在這個賽季似乎所向無敵。

超越潮流的

fashion-forward

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/ˌfæʃ.ənˈfɔː.wəd/us

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/ˌfæʃ.ənˈfɔːr.wɚd/ adjective informal mainly UK more modern than things that are fashionable now: fashion-forward jeans 超越潮流的牛仔褲

超越個人的

super-personal

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/ˌsuː.pəˈpɜː.sən.əl/us

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/ˌsuː.pɚˈpɝː.sən.əl/ adjective above or more important than any one person: Any political movement can be superpersonal, meaning that it exceeds the individual. 任何政治運動都可以是超個人的，也就是說，它超越了個人。

超越人類智慧的

super-intelligent

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/ˌsuː.pɚ.ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒənt/ adjective having a higher level of intelligence than humans: Could super-intelligent robots eventually make us slaves? 超人一籌的機器人最終會讓我們成為奴隸嗎？

超越時代的

ahead of your time

phrase having new ideas, opinions, or ways of living long before most other people do

超越職責範圍

beyond the call of duty

phrase more than what someone can be expected to do as their duty: We want to reward emergency workers who go beyond the call of duty to help others. 我們要獎勵那些超越職責範圍去幫助他人的急救人員。

對環境問題的支持超越了傳統的黨派界限

cut into sth

phrase If an activity cuts into a period of time, it fills part of it, often a large part of it. I don't like doing the shopping on Saturday afternoon because it cuts into my weekend. 我不喜歡在週六下午購物，因為這會佔用我週末的大塊時間。

很難超越

be a hard/tough act to follow

phrase informal to be so good that it is not likely that anyone or anything that comes after will be as good: His presidency was very successful - it'll be a hard act to follow. 他的總統生涯成就輝煌，這讓其繼任者難望其項背。

在贏碼上超越對手

outgain

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/ˌaʊtˈɡeɪn/ verb specialized in American football, to move the ball further forward than another team or player: They outgained their fierce rivals 320 yards to 171.

在指導上超越對手

outcoach

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/ˌaʊtˈkoʊtʃ/ verb to train a sports team better than someone else: She was really disappointed when she realised that she had been outcoached in terms of tactics. 當她意識到自己在戰術指導方面被超越時，她真的很失望。