superiority of• I'm tired of hearing about the superiority of their product.
sense of superiority• From this stage I proceeded to a more general sense of superiority, which can only be described as moral.• She was diffident, which gave him confidence and fed his sense of superiority.• His sense of superiorityconvinces him that Elizabeth will accept his proposal.• Needless to say, this discrepancy served to boost my sense of superiority.• I didn't believe her: my sense of superiority had extended itself to include a conviction of my own immortality.• I found something of this same sense of superiority among faculty members in the School of Engineering.• Robert's father gave off that sense of superiority and princelydominion.• The sense of superiority I gained was essentially related to control and, eventually, to the triumph of the will.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SUPERIORITY | SUPERIORITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤absolute, overwhelming絕對的/壓倒的優勢▸➤effortless毫不費力的優勢◇Driving the Jaguar gave him a feeling of effortless superiority.開着捷豹汽車,他感到一種不費吹灰之力的優越。➤inherent, innate, natural內在的/天生的/天然的優勢▸➤biological, cultural, intellectual, moral, numerical, physical, racial, social, technical, technological生理/文化/智力/道德/數量/體力/種族/社會/技術/科技優勢◇a discredited ideology of racial superiority臭名昭著的種族優越思想➤male, white男性/白人優勢◇his air of male superiority他那種大男子主義的優越感◇an ideology of white superiority白人至上的思想➤air, military, naval空軍/陸軍/海軍優勢VERB + SUPERIORITY➤achieve, establish取得/確立優勢◇the enemy's attempts to establish air superiority敵軍確立空中優勢的企圖➤enjoy, have擁有優勢◇For a long time France enjoyed overwhelming superiority in this field.在很長一段時間裏,法國在這個領域具有壓倒性優勢。➤confirm, convince sb of, demonstrate, prove, show, underline (especially BrE) 確認優勢;使⋯相信有優勢;顯示優勢;證明優勢;強調優勢▸➤maintain保持優勢▸➤assert, assume, claim, imply斷言/假定/聲稱/暗示有優勢◇The use of the words 'modern' and 'old' is not meant to imply the superiority of one over the other.“現代”與“古老”這兩個詞的使用並不是要暗示誰比誰更優越。➤acknowledge承認優勢◇Their team has had to acknowledge Australia's superiority in recent years.近幾年他們隊不得不對澳大利亞隊俯首稱臣。SUPERIORITY + NOUN➤complex(為掩飾自卑和挫折感而表現出的)自大情結◇the perception that they have a superiority complex認為他們有自大情結的看法PREPOSITION➤superiority in在⋯上的優勢◇We should make use of our superiority in numbers.我們應該利用我們的數量優勢。➤superiority over相對於⋯的優勢◇the company's clear technological superiority over its rivals這家公司相對於競爭對手的明顯技術優勢➤superiority to優於⋯的態勢◇The settlers remained convinced of their superiority to the native population.殖民者仍然認為他們優於原住民。PHRASES➤an air of superiority高人一等的神態◇He spoke with an air of superiority.他說話時擺出一副高人一等的樣子。➤a feeling of superiority, a sense of superiority優越感