"go one better" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 更進一步
• 做得更好

Definition

在別人已經做得很好的基礎上，自己做得更好；提升別人已取得的成就。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要屬於非正式用語，用於有人在友好或競爭的語境下超越他人已有成就。通常是在聽到別人做某事後，自己做得更好。多指小改善或幽默情境而非重大成功。

Examples

She made a cake, so I decided to go one better and made two cakes.

她做了一個蛋糕，我決定**更進一步**，做了兩個蛋糕。

Tom solved the puzzle, but Jerry tried to go one better by solving it faster.

湯姆解開了謎題，但傑瑞試圖**更進一步**，用更快的速度解開。

My brother painted his room blue, so I had to go one better and painted mine in three colors.

我哥哥把房間刷成藍色，所以我必須**更進一步**，把我的房間刷成三種顏色。

You won tickets to the concert? I’ll go one better and get backstage passes!

你贏得了演唱會門票？我來**更進一步**，拿到後臺通行證！

Every Christmas my aunt tries to go one better with bigger gifts each year.

每年聖誕節我姑姑都要**更進一步**，送更大的禮物。

Don’t just copy his idea—if you want to impress them, go one better!

別只是模仿他的主意——如果你想讓他們刮目相看，就**做得更好**！