one-upmanship

They do tend to play at one-upmanship.

他们天生擅长胜人一筹的方法.

This presented with unconcealed bitterness, yet also with a mordant wit, the frustrations felt by young scientists trying to get the war won and over with, and hamstrung by games of one-upmanship and empire-defending.

其中带着刻薄的风趣，表现了难以掩盖的辛酸，年轻的科学家们希望结束并赢得战争，但面对高高在上的帝国作风，他们束手无策。

But the developers also fell prey to one-upmanship.

但是开发商们也深受 斗勇 比狠之苦.

If the disk from yesterday, the multi-empty side still win one-upmanship.

如果从昨日盘面看, 多方 仍然胜空方一筹.

His skillful one-upmanship won him the election.

他那胜人一筹的伎俩为他赢得选举.

It was the expression of a man who'd won a trifling game of one-upmanship.

这是一个人在无关紧要的较量中取巧获胜时流露出的表情。

He won at golf more by one-upmanship than by skill.

他打高尔夫赢球靠的不是真本事,而是伎俩.

The space race between America and the Soviet Union was as much about ideological one-upmanship as extraterrestrial exploration.

美苏之间的太空竞赛不仅有关外空间探索，同样也为了在意识形态上压倒对方。

Partings for the Chinese involve a certain amount of ritual and a great deal of one-upmanship.

中国人送别时有一套繁琐的程序,彼此要来回推让以表示殷勤.