[第220次听写]one-upmanship是啥意思？

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5 There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship

one-upmanship这个词我也是第一次见到, 但如果你抓到了前边的sleep deprivation和上下句的话, 其实意思是很好懂的.

我们先看后缀吧, -ship还挺常见的, 比如
friendship=友情
kinship=亲情
fellowship=情谊

-ship的含义大抵是
quality, condition; act, power, skill; office, position; relation between

-manship这个后缀要少见一些, 但也是见过滴, 比如
craftsmanship=精湛的手艺
statesmanship=政治才能
marksmanship=射击才能

-manship的含义大抵是
skill in a particular activity, especially of a competitive nature

最后我们看one-up
They’re always trying to one-up each other by buying the latest gadgets.
I just don’t see why we have to one-up each other.
这个还挺符合字面意思的, literal meaning的, 就是感觉比对方再多得一分的意思

所以连起来one-upmanship就是试图比对方更胜一筹的做法
engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship
We heard the usual boasting and one-upsmanship before the boxers entered the ring.

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1 Because unfortunately for men, sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol.

2 I was recently having dinner with a guy who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before.

3 And I felt like saying to him — but I didn’t say it — I felt like saying,

4 “You know what? If you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting.”

5 There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship.

6 Especially here in Washington, if you try to make a breakfast date,

7 and you say, “How about eight o’clock?”

8 they’re likely to tell you,

9 “Eight o’clock is too late for me, but that’s okay,

10 you know, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight.”