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surmounted

/ser-mount/US // sərˈmaʊnt //UK // (sɜːˈmaʊnt) //

逾越了,逾越了的,克服了,逾越的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
    • : to get over or across.
    • : to prevail over: to surmount tremendous difficulties.
    • : to be on top of or above: a statue surmounting a pillar.
    • : to furnish with something placed on top or above: to surmount a tower with a spire.
    • : Obsolete. to surpass in excellence.to exceed in amount.

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Examples

  • The idea of placing atop this perfect thing a big granite planith surmounted by a representational bronze ... ugh.

  • These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne.

  • We did not perceive the little town until we had surmounted the last eminence and were in its immediate vicinity.

  • This and the following monument are partly let into the wall, and are surmounted by beautiful Gothic canopies.

  • Through the partly open door, Lowell caught a glimpse of an aristocratic face, surmounted by gray hair.

  • Of variety of perilous adventures and peril, ingeniously surmounted, there is no lack.