英[ɪk'sel]美[ɪk'sel]
记忆方法
词源词根法
ex-，向外。-cel，升出，升高，词源同hill，column，culminate.
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双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
If you excel at math, you are doing it better than anyone else. You might even be moving so much faster than the rest of your class, you're put into a special, accelerated math program.
Excel derives from the Latin excellere, which is all about going beyond the high. Someone who excels at the violin might practice five hours a day because they are striving for excellence, meaning outstanding-ness. You could describe their performance as excellent, or fantastic. That doesn't mean you yourself want to practice five hours a day. Excel means to stand out, and some of us are pretty happy standing right where we are.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词组短语
excel in v.在……方面胜过；在……方面很擅长；excel at突出；擅长于
词语辨析
excel，exceed，outdo，outstrip，surpass，transcend。
这组词的共同意思是“超过”。它们的区别在于transcend原指超越世俗、物质世界等，暗示高高凌驾于一般事物之上；exceed指超出权利、权力的限度或管辖的范围，也指超出规定的时空范围，还指在大小、数量、程度上超过；excel指在成就或学识上胜过他人；outdo指有意打破先前的纪录或胜过前人；outstrip指在竞赛、竞争中超过对手；surpass指在质量上、气力上、速度上、技术上等超过对方。surpass，excel，exceed。
这些动词均有“超过、胜过”的意思。surpass多用以强调优点、长处、技能或质量等方面的超过。excel指在成绩、成就或学识上胜过他人。exceed既可指超出权利、权力的限度、管辖范围，或超过规定的时间范围，又可指在数量、程度或大小等方面的超过。
词根词缀
词根: cel
=high,表示”高超,优越”
n.
excellence 优秀, 卓越, 优点, 美德excel[v.优秀, 胜过他人]+ence性质→excellence优秀, 卓越
v.
excel 优秀, 胜过他人ex出+cel高超,优越→超出优越→优秀