get the better of somebody

a) DO something/TAKE ACTIONif your feelings or wishes get the better of you, they make you behave in a way you would not normally behave 〔情感或愿望〕盖过，超越

My curiosity finally got the better of me and I opened the letter.

最终我还是按捺不住好奇心，打开了信。

I think her nerves got the better of her.

我想她是太紧张了。

b) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat someone or deal successfully with a problem 战胜〔某人〕；成功地解决〔问题〕

Examples from the Corpus

get the better of somebody• Alison Leigh refuses to let circumstances get the better of her.• I run my fingers over this invisible object, and little by little curiosity gets the better of me.• Bored in the isolation of his taxi, curiosity and perhaps hunger got the better of him.• But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults, going back to the Famous Five and beyond.• We killed him, but that really got the better of us.• Kramer's temper sometimes gets the better of him.• I allowed my feelings to get the better of me.• So mortals learned that it is not possible to get the better of Zeus or ever deceive him.• At the same time he said he had had to select his shots wisely to get the better of Chesnokov.• Blaise Cendrars witnessed a fight in which she was getting the better of Modigliani.

→ get the better of somebody at better3(2)

词汇	get the better of somebody
释义	get the better of somebody get the better of somebody a) DO something/TAKE ACTIONif your feelings or wishes get the better of you, they make you behave in a way you would not normally behave 〔情感或愿望〕盖过，超越 My curiosity finally got the better of me and I opened the letter. 最终我还是按捺不住好奇心，打开了信。 I think her nerves got the better of her. 我想她是太紧张了。 b) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat someone or deal successfully with a problem 战胜〔某人〕；成功地解决〔问题〕 Examples from the Corpus get the better of somebody• Alison Leigh refuses to let circumstances get the better of her.• I run my fingers over this invisible object, and little by little curiosity gets the better of me.• Bored in the isolation of his taxi, curiosity and perhaps hunger got the better of him.• But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults, going back to the Famous Five and beyond.• We killed him, but that really got the better of us.• Kramer's temper sometimes gets the better of him.• I allowed my feelings to get the better of me.• So mortals learned that it is not possible to get the better of Zeus or ever deceive him.• At the same time he said he had had to select his shots wisely to get the better of Chesnokov.• Blaise Cendrars witnessed a fight in which she was getting the better of Modigliani. → get the better of somebody at better3(2)
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