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one-upmanship

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 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
Examples from the Corpus
one-upmanshipWatching 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-upmanship /wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/ noun [uncountable]
attempts to make yourself seem better than other people, no matter what they do


one-upmanshipBrE /wʌn ˈʌpmənʃɪp/ 🔊NAmE /wʌn ˈʌpmənʃɪp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) the skill of getting an advantage over other people 取巧占上风的伎俩