superior

英 [suːˈpɪəriə(r)]

美 [suːˈpɪriər]

adj.  (在品质上)更好的; 占优势; 更胜一筹; (在级别、重要性或职位上)更高的; 有优越感的; 高傲的
n.  级别(或地位、职位)更高的人; 上级; 上司; 用作宗教团体领导的头衔

复数：superiors　

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牛津词典

adj.

• （在品质上）更好的；占优势；更胜一筹
  better in quality than sb/sth else; greater than sb/sth else
  1. vastly superior
     强得多
  2. superior intelligence
     更强的智力
  3. This model is technically superior to its competitors.
     这一款式在技术上超过了与之竞争的产品。
  4. Liverpool were clearly the superior team.
     利物浦队明显更胜一筹。
  5. The enemy won because of their superior numbers (= there were more of them) .
     敌人由于在人数上占优而取胜。
• （在级别、重要性或职位上）更高的
  higher in rank, importance or position
  1. my superior officer
     我的上级军官
  2. superior status
     更高的地位
  3. a superior court of law
     上级法院
• 有优越感的；高傲的
  showing by your behaviour that you think you are better than others
  1. a superior manner
     神气活现的态度
  2. He always looks so superior.
     他总是显得那么有优越感。
• 质量卓越的；出类拔萃的；超群的
  of very good quality; better than other similar things
  1. superior apartments
     高级公寓套房

noun

• 级别（或地位、职位）更高的人；上级；上司
  a person of higher rank, status or position
  1. your social superiors
     社会地位比自己高的人
  2. He's my immediate superior (= the person directly above me) .
     他是我的顶头上司。
  3. I'm going to complain to your superiors.
     我要去找你的上级投诉。
• （用作宗教团体领导的头衔）
  used in titles for the head of a religious community
  1. Mother Superior
     修女会院长

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 比…好的;比…强的;优于…的
  If one thing or person issuperior toanother, the first is better than the second.
  1. We have a relationship infinitely superior to those of many of our friends...
     我们的关系要比我们其他许多朋友的关系好得多。
  2. ...a woman greatly superior to her husband in education and sensitivity...
     学历和悟性都比她丈夫高出许多的女人
  3. Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.
     股票市场长期投资的收益比现金存款要高。
• ADJ-GRADED 优良的;优秀的;优等的
  If you describe something assuperior, you mean that it is good, and better than other things of the same kind.
  1. A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops...
     几年前在当地商店里几乎买不到优质咖啡。
  2. Lulu was said to be of very superior intelligence.
     大家都说露露智力出众。
• ADJ (在重要性上)更高级的，上级的
  Asuperiorperson or thing is more important than another person or thing in the same organization or system.
  1. ...negotiations between the mutineers and their superior officers...
     哗变士兵和他们的上司长官间的谈判
  2. Locally passed laws are of superior authority to those laws passed in Moscow.
     当地法律高于莫斯科颁布的全国法律。
• N-COUNT 上级;上司;级别更高的人
  Yoursuperiorin an organization that you work for is a person who has a higher rank than you.
  1. Other army units are completely surrounded and cut-off from communication with their superiors...
     其他陆军部队被重重包围，和上级的联系也被切断了。
  2. The company president, and my immediate superior, was the dynamic Harry Stokes.
     公司的董事长，也就是我的直接上司，是精力充沛的哈里·斯托克斯。
• ADJ-GRADED 有优越感的;高傲的;傲慢的
  If you describe someone assuperior, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are better, more important, or more intelligent than other people.
  1. Finch gave a superior smile...
     芬奇高傲地笑了笑。
  2. You can stand there and feel superior as you point and laugh at them.
     你站在那儿指指点点、嘲笑他们时，会觉得自己高人一等。
• ADJ-GRADED (人数)占优的，居多的
  If one group of people hassuperiornumbers to another group, the first has more people than the second, and therefore has an advantage over it.
  1. The demonstrators fled when they saw the authorities' superior numbers...
     看到当局派出人员人数占优，示威者就四散逃跑了。
  2. His men were far superior numerically.
     他手下的士兵在人数上占了绝对优势。
• N-COUNT (某一活动的)能人，高手
  If you describe someone as yoursuperiorin a particular activity, you mean that they are better than you at that activity.
  1. Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in willpower...
     有时安东尼感觉他的情妇比他更有意志力。
  2. Among his immediate rivals was Arnold Matters, probably his superior in comic roles.
     在他的直接竞争者中，阿诺德·马特斯也许在喜剧表演上比他更胜一筹。

英英释义

noun

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
  Synonym:superscript
• the head of a religious community
• one of greater rank or station or quality
  Synonym:higher-upsuperordinate
• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
  Synonym:victormaster

adj

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
  1. overcome by a superior opponent
  2. trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law
• having a higher rank
  1. superior officer
  Synonym:ranking(a)higher-ranking
• of or characteristic of high rank or importance
  1. a superior ruler
• of high or superior quality or performance
  1. superior wisdom derived from experience
  2. superior math students
• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
  1. Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets
• written or printed above and to one side of another character
  Synonym:superscript

双语例句

• The Colonel lifted the phone and dialed his superior
  上校拿起电话，拨通了上司的号码。
• You can stand there and feel superior as you point and laugh at them.
  你站在那儿指指点点、嘲笑他们时，会觉得自己高人一等。
• Lulu was said to be of very superior intelligence.
  大家都说露露智力出众。
• Malone got to his feet and followed his superior out of the suite
  马隆站起身来，跟在他的上司后面走出了套房。
• The company president, and my immediate superior, was the dynamic Harry Stokes.
  公司的董事长，也就是我的直接上司，是精力充沛的哈里·斯托克斯。
• Just because they make more money than we do, they think they're so superior.
  就因为他们钱挣得比我们多，他们就认为高人一等。
• We have a relationship infinitely superior to those of many of our friends
  我们的关系要比我们其他许多朋友的关系好得多。
• I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.
  我个人从来都不同意性别有优劣之分的观点。
• A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops
  几年前在当地商店里几乎买不到优质咖啡。
• Superior courts may review decisions of lower courts.
  高级法院可复审下级法院的判决。