one-upmanship
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++one-up·man·ship /wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/ noun [uncountable] BETTERattempts to make yourself seem better than other people, no matter what they do 想要胜人一筹的行为
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one-upmanship• Watching the children together gave reassurance that childhood is not all one-upmanship and go-for-the-jugular.one-up·man·ship nounChineseSyllable
Corpus make attempts to seem other better than yourself
one-upmanship
one-up‧man‧ship /wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/
noun [uncountable]
attempts to make yourself seem better than other people, no matter what they do
one-up‧man‧ship /wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/
noun [uncountable]attempts to make yourself seem better than other people, no matter what they do