superior /suːˈpɪərɪə/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (superiors)

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） If one thing or person is superior to another, the first is better than the second. 比…好的

  例：

  We have a relationship infinitely superior to those of many of our friends.

  我们之间的关系远比我们许多朋友之间的关系好得多。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） superiority 优越性

  例：

  The technical superiority of laser discs over tape is well established.

  光盘相对磁带在技术上的优越性是确定无疑的。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe something as superior, you mean that it is good, and better than other things of the same kind. 上好的

  例：

  A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops.

  几年前在当地的商店里几乎不可能买到上好的咖啡。

• 4.  

  ADJ（形容词） A superior person or thing is more important than another person or thing in the same organization or system. 上级的

  例：

  ...negotiations between the mutineers and their superior officers.

  …那些反叛者和他们的上级军官们之间的谈判。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Your superior in an organization that you work for is a person who has a higher rank than you. 上级

  例：

  Other army units are completely surrounded and cut-off from communication with their superiors.

  其他部队完全被包围，与上级的联系也被切断了。

• 6.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe someone as superior, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are better, more important, or more intelligent than other people. 有优越感的[表不满]

  例：

  Finch gave a superior smile.

  芬奇富有优越感地一笑。

• 7.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） superiority 优越

  例：

  ...a false sense of his superiority over mere journalists.

  …他在记者面前才有的虚假的优越感。

• 8.  

  ADJ（形容词） If one group of people has superior numbers to another group, the first has more people than the second, and therefore has an advantage over it. (人数) 占优势的 [正式]

  例：

  The demonstrators fled when they saw the authorities' superior numbers.

  示威者们看到官方占优势的人数时就逃跑了。