| 单词 |
upmanship |
| 释义 |
ˈupmanship colloq. = one-upmanship s.v. one numeral a., pron., etc. 30 c.
1962Spectator 23 Nov. 837/2 (Advt.), Upmanship is the art of being one up on all the others. 1967Ibid. 25 Aug. 212/2 He obviously thought I was trying upmanship on him before that word had been invented. 1976Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune 29 June 19/1 (caption) Hospital upmanship: My Doc' is better'n yours! 1980Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Sept. 666/1 In a moment of inspired upmanship this young moonlighting casualty officer had quietly dropped the word that he was a famous specialist in exotic diseases. |

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