trumps

英 [trʌmps]

美 [trʌmps]

n.  (某些纸牌游戏的一张)王牌，主牌，将牌; (某些纸牌游戏的)王牌花色，主牌花色
v.  出王牌赢(牌); 出王牌压掉(他人的牌); 赢; 胜过; 打败
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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT-COLL (牌戏中的)王牌，主牌
  In a game of cards,trumpsis the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game.
  1. Hearts are trumps.
     红桃是主。
  2. …the ace of trumps.
     主牌 A
• N-COUNT (一张)王牌，主牌
  In a game of cards, atrumpis a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as trumps.
  1. He played a trump.
     他吊主。
• VERB 胜过;压过
  If youtrumpwhat someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better.
  1. The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan...
     社会党党员设法用他们的口号把它压过去。
  2. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has trumped Lloyds by raising its offer.
     汇丰银行通过提高报价击败了劳埃德保险公司。
• PHRASE 王牌;绝招;杀手锏
  Yourtrump cardis something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
  1. In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card...
     最后，10 个人上诉到最高法院：他们从一开始就认为这一招是他们的王牌。
  2. She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
     她可能会威胁要拿出她的杀手锏：出自传来爆料糗事。
• PHRASE 意外地胜利;意外地成功
  If you say that someonecame up trumps, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to.
  1. Dwayne has come up trumps with a goal worthy of winning any match.
     德韦恩意外地蒙进了一个可以拿下任何比赛的球。

双语例句

• Give the recent debate over Twitter's scalability using Ruby it was also interesting to see the point that "Architecture trumps technology".
  在演讲中，他提到了最近关于采用Ruby开发的Twitter伸缩性问题的争论，并提出了一个很有意思的观点&构架胜于技术。
• All the trumps dropped.
  全部王牌都被吊出。
• The lure of a quick buck often trumps notions of improving productive capacity or nation building.
  快速获得收益的诱惑，往往胜过了发展生产力或者国家建设的理念。
• If it comes down to it, they have enough trumps up their sleeves.
  如果它归结为，他们有足够的胜过自己的袖子。
• I was really desperate, but bill turned up trumps and lent me$ 200.
  我真是绝望了，但比尔竟然很帮忙，借给了我200英镑。
• This is a set of Top Trumps cards.
  这是一组扑克卡片。
• Seductive conversation trumps snapshots any day* and any night.
  在约会这个问题上，有吸引力的谈话可比任何一天或任何一晚的快照照片来得要好。
• the ace of trumps.
  主牌A
• It has been my experience that demonstration trumps discussion.
  我的经验是演示胜过讨论。
• Dwayne has come up trumps with a goal worthy of winning any match.
  德韦恩意外地蒙进了一个可以拿下任何比赛的球。