1.超过;优于,胜过
1.to be better or greater than something else
2.to be even better than what was expected or hoped for
1.The White House also released returns for Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, whose income is far surpassed by the Obamas.
白宫还公布了副总统拜登（JoeBiden）及夫人吉尔（Jill）的退税情况，他们的收入远远不及奥巴马夫妇。
2.The Paris-based energy monitoring group announced this week that China energy use has surpassed that of the United States.
本周，这家巴黎的能源监控机构宣布，中国的能源消耗已经超越了美国。
3.It is said that none of the competitors can avoid being defeated-even the best is bound to be surpassed by someone still stronger.
有人说竞技者终究会是失败者，即使是最佳运动员也终将被更强者淘汰。
4.There's other love poems that are, of course, just as good, but I don't think this one can be surpassed.
当然，很多情诗都很不错，但我认为它们都无法超越这首。
5.It's no exaggeration to say that no actor has surpassed him in the part of Othello.
他演的奥赛罗，没有人能超过他，这一点也不夸张。
6.But I thought her a young lady of extraordinary attractions, and in point of gentility not be surpassed.
但是我却认为，她是一个特别有动人之处的青年小姐，在风度方面，别人很难胜过她。
7.Raleigh, North Carolina surpassed Washington, Seattle and Boston to be named the American city with the best quality of life in a new poll.
一项最新民调显示，美国北卡罗来纳州的罗利市超过华盛顿、西雅图和波士顿，被评为全美生活质量最高的城市。
8.Indeed, its role in the history of civilisation has "far surpassed [that of] any other expanse of sea" .
确实，在世界文明史上，地中海的影响力大大超出了其他任何海域。
9.That list found that the combined riches of China's millionaires surpassed that of the United Kingdom's.
这份名单发现，中国百万富翁的财富的总和超过了英国。
10.Schumpeter rivalled Keynes in range of experience and subtlety of thought, and surpassed him in breadth of scholarship.
在经历和思考的精微方面，熊彼特与凯恩斯不相上下，在知识广度方面则超过了凯恩斯。