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surpass
surpass [s'ps]
verb [transitive]
1 to be greater than in degree, extent, etc.
2 to be superior to in achievement or excellence
3 to overstep the limit or range of
example: the theory surpasses my comprehension
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from French surpasser, from SUR-1 + passer to PASS]
Source: The Collins English Dictionary 2000 HarperCollins Publishers
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‘go beyond or past, excel’
from French, Middle French, and Old French surpasser = ‘to excel’
Source: Reader’s Digest Success with Words
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sur [sy]
préposition
1 (position) on
(= pardessus) over
(= au-dessus) above
passer [pse]
verbe intransitif
(= se rendre, aller) to go
[voiture, piétons] (= défiler) to pass (by); go by
verbe transitif
[+ frontière, rivière etc] to cross
[+ douane] to go through
[+ examen] to sit; take
Source: The Collins French Dictionary Plus 2002 HarperCollins Publishers
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She had a little beauty and a little accomplishment, but so little judgment that she thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighbourhood; and conceived Miss Hawkins to have held such a place in society as Mrs. Elton's consequence only could surpass.
- Jane Austen: Emma Vol. 2, Ch. 15
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前天提到艾先生和霍金斯小姐婚，果八卦天（《艾》卷二第三章到第四章）。看到第十五章，然艾於艾太太仍然存有很多意。引文始的She是指艾太太。如字源料所示，surpasser是由sur + passer成，因surpasser的意思英文surpass的解已足以明，所以我另外介sur和passer的部分意供大家考。