의미: one upmanshipone-up·man·ship n. [U] 《구어》 남보다 한 발[수] 앞선 행위[술책]
upmanship 관용구
one-upmanship
ability to keep ahead of others, trying to keep an advantage I get tired of his one-upmanship and his desire to always be better than everyone else.
one-upmanship|one|upmanship
v., informal Always keeping ahead of others; trying to keep an advantage. No matter what I do, I find that Jim has already done it better. He's an expert at one-upmanship.Jack took the news to the principal while we were still talking about it. He's very quick to practice one-upmanship. Compare: ONE UP. (The word one-upmanship was made up by a British humorist, Stephen Potter, on the pattern of such words as sportsmanship and workmanship.)
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유사한 단어 사전, 다른 단어, 동의어, 숙어 관용구 upmanship