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(牌戲中的)王牌，主牌
In a game of cards, trumps is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game.
例句
Hearts are trumps.
紅桃是主。
…the ace of trumps.
主牌 A
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N-COUNT
(一張)王牌，主牌
In a game of cards, a trump is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as trumps.
例句
He played a trump.
他吊主。
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VERB
勝過;壓過
If you trump what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better.
例句
The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan...
社會黨黨員設(shè)法用他們的口號把它壓過去。
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has trumped Lloyds by raising its offer.
匯豐銀行通過提高報價擊敗了勞埃德保險公司。
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PHRASE
王牌;絕招;殺手锏
Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
例句
In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their trump card...
最后，10 個人上訴到最高法院：他們從一開始就認(rèn)為這一招是他們的王牌。
She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
她可能會威脅要拿出她的殺手锏：出自傳來爆料糗事。
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PHRASE
意外地勝利;意外地成功
If you say that someone came up trumps, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to.
例句
Dwayne has come up trumps with a goal worthy of winning any match.
德韋恩意外地蒙進(jìn)了一個可以拿下任何比賽的球。