have the better of

基本解释

In the late 1960s, liberals appeared to have the better of the argument.
20世纪60年代晚期，自由主义者在这场争论中似乎占优。
On the face of it, the advocates of the second view have the better of the argument.
看上去，第二种论点的支持者有着更好的理由。
Here again the government spenders have the better of the argument with all those who cannot see beyond the immediate range of their physical eyes. They can see the bridge.
这里政府烧钱者再次以这种论点羸了所有那些不能看到他们的肉眼视力范围之外的人，他们只能够看到桥梁。
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We have 80% attendance and the assessment show students are actually doing better in terms of conceptual understanding than the normal lecture-station format.
我们获得了80%的出勤率,评估结果还表明,学生们在概念理解方面,做得更好了,跟普通的讲座-背诵型课比起来。
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And so, I'm going to talk about that after we have a better understanding of what's going on in the book.
因此我将在我们对这本书有了更好的理解之后,再谈论其历史。
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Not too many investors have gotten the better of Icahn, who is on a historic roll, in recent years.
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