exceed
verb (formal)- exceed something
to be greater than a particular number or amount 超过(数目或数量) Extra ExamplesSummer temperatures rarely exceed 27°C. 夏季气温很少超过 27 摄氏度。 Their numbers barely exceed 100 in the wild. 它们在自然环境中的数量勉强超过 100。 The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably exceeding the required two-thirds majority. 议会以 327 票赞同 93 票反对通过,这大大超过了所要求的三分之二多数票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- far
- greatly
- …
- be expected to
- be likely to
- be unlikely to
- …
- exceed something
to do more than the law or an order, etc. allows you to do 超越(法律、命令等)的限制 She was exceeding the speed limit (= driving faster than is allowed). 当时她超速驾驶。 The officers had exceeded their authority. 这些官员超越了他们的权限。
- exceed expectations
to be better than expected synonym surpass超出预期: 比预期要好
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘go over (a boundary or specified point)’): from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.