| 释义 |
Idiom one-upmanship if something someone does is one-upmanship, they are trying to make other people admire them by doing it in a better or more clever way than someone else.There is a great deal of one-upmanship among children anxious to wear the most fashionable clothes.
one-up(s)manshipThe act of trying to outdo or be more successful, admirable, or respected than someone else. If the members of our Congress were less involved with political one-upsmanship, we could have passed several bills by now that could be stimulating the economy. I've never seen someone more devoted to one-upmanship than Tim. Everywhere you've been, he's been somewhere more excited. |