out-Byzantine

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart. transitive
    — Although Ambassador Korry had admonished the president that “trying to out-Byzantine” the emperor “would be futile and counterproductive” and that Kennedy therefore should “spell out details of the U.S. program and justification from the start,” Washington tried to outsmart HIM […]

词形变化

out-Byzantines present,singular,third-person out-Byzantining participle,present out-Byzantined participle,past out-Byzantined past

词源

From out- + Byzantine.
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