exceed

verb

OPAL W

/ɪkˈsiːd/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they exceed	/ɪkˈsiːd/ /ɪkˈsiːd/
he / she / it exceeds	/ɪkˈsiːdz/ /ɪkˈsiːdz/
past simple exceeded	/ɪkˈsiːdɪd/ /ɪkˈsiːdɪd/
past participle exceeded	/ɪkˈsiːdɪd/ /ɪkˈsiːdɪd/
-ing form exceeding	/ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/ /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/

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exceed something to be greater than a particular number or amount超过（数目或数量）
- The price will not exceed £100.价格不会超过 100 英镑。
Extra Examples
- Summer temperatures rarely exceed 27°C.夏季气温很少超过 27 摄氏度。
- Their numbers barely exceed 100 in the wild.它们在自然环境中的数量勉强超过 100。
- The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably exceeding the required two-thirds majority.议会以 327 票赞同 93 票反对通过，这大大超过了所要求的三分之二多数票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- considerably
- far
- greatly
- …
verb + exceed
- be expected to
- be likely to
- be unlikely to
- …
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exceed something to do more than the law or an order, etc. allows you to do超越（法律、命令等）的限制
- She was exceeding the speed limit (= driving faster than is allowed).当时她超速驾驶。
- The officers had exceeded their authority.这些官员超越了他们的权限。
see also excess
exceed expectations to be better than expected synonym surpass
- His achievements have exceeded expectations.他的成就出乎预料。
- The amount raised has far exceeded our wildest expectations.筹集的资金远远超过了我们最疯狂的期望。

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘go over (a boundary or specified point)’): from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.