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outwit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·wit /aʊtˈwɪt/ verb (outwitted, outwitting) [transitive]  BEAT/DEFEATto gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans 智胜,以计谋击败 a wolf that had outwitted hunters for years 一头多年来智胜猎人的狼→ See Verb table
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outwitIt is the need to outwit and dupe and help and teach one another that drove us to be ever more intelligent.She felt she had been tactically outwitted, and she hated him for it.We use our intellects not to solve practical problems but to outwit each other.One of them, Merovech, attempted to outwit his stepmother by marrying Sigibert's widow, Brunhild.But Ray had outwitted many an opponent in the Olympics.Speeders can outwit police radar with a variety of devices.The realization bit into Harry's confidence that he could outwit such a man: who was he really fooling?He was a lawyer, he ought to be able to outwit the law.
out·wit verbChineseSyllable
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outwit
outwit /aʊtˈwɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle outwitted, present participle outwitting) [transitive]
to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans:
    a wolf that had outwitted hunters for years


out·witBrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they outwit BrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it outwits BrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪts/ 🔊past simple outwitted BrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle outwitted BrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form outwitting BrE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to defeat sb/sth or gain an advantage over them by doing sth clever (智力上)超过,胜过 SYN outsmart Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents. 他反正总能设法智胜对手。🔊🔊