a cut above
a cut above — 慣用語
1. clearly better in quality than comparable people or items.
高出一截
品質明顯比同類更好
clearly better in quality than comparable people or items.
Among the budget phones, this model is a cut above the rest.
在平價手機裡，這款型號明顯高出一截。
a cut above the rest for better quality
Greta's bread is a cut above anything sold at the station.
Greta 做的麵包，比車站賣的那些明顯高出一截。
be a cut above + other options
Their customer service felt a cut above what we expected.
他們的客服感覺比我們原先預期的高出一截。
Even in rehearsal, Sora's violin playing was a cut above.
就算只是彩排，Sora 的小提琴演奏也高出一截。
be a cut above for superior performance
The new library is a cut above the old one for comfort.
這間新圖書館在舒適度上比舊的高出一截。
- a cut above the rest
- feel a cut above
- be a cut above
- better than
plainer and broader, without the idiomatic tone
- superior to
more formal and often used in writing
- in a different league
more emphatic and informal
- no better than
emphasizes equal or disappointing quality
- inferior to
formal opposite for lower quality
文法句型
be a cut above
be a cut above the rest
用法筆記
Usually follows a linking verb and compares a person or thing with similar alternatives. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about social rank or snobbish attitudes rather than quality.
常見錯誤
2. socially above other people, or behaving as if you belong to a higher class.
高人一等
被視為社會地位較高
socially above other people, or behaving as if you belong to a higher class.
At the old club, members acted as if they were a cut above.
在那家老俱樂部裡，會員的舉止像是自己高人一等。
act as if + be a cut above
His aunt still speaks as though her family is a cut above.
他阿姨說話時，還是像自己家族高人一等。
Tomás hated schools where rich children were treated as a cut above.
Tomás 很討厭那種把有錢孩子當成高人一等的學校。
treat someone as a cut above
The mayor promised to end rules that treated some citizens as a cut above.
市長承諾要廢除那些把某些市民當成高人一等的規定。
treat someone as a cut above
Guests from the city were seen as a cut above the villagers.
城裡來的客人被看成比村民高人一等。
- act as if a cut above
- treat someone as a cut above
- see someone as a cut above
- superior
can describe an attitude of looking down on others
- high-class
focuses more on social rank or expensive style
- posh
informal British word for socially refined or expensive
- ordinary
not socially elevated or specially privileged
- working-class
describes a lower social class rather than elite status
文法句型
be a cut above
treat someone as a cut above
用法筆記
Often appears in criticism of social attitudes, especially when someone claims special status. Distinguish from sense 1, which praises real quality instead of class position.